Joan Miró The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers (Le Bel oiseau déchiffrant l'inconnu au couple d'amoureux) (from the Constellation series) 1941
- Medium
- Gouache, oil wash, and charcoal on paper
- Dimensions
- 18 x 15" (45.7 x 38.1 cm)
- Credit
- Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
- Object number
- 7.1945
- Copyright
- © 2025 Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Joan Miró has 489 works online.
- There are 18,038 drawings online.
Installation views
We have identified these works in the following photos from our exhibition history.
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Miró in the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
Oct 9, 1973–Jan 27, 1974
1 other work identified
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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture
May 17, 1984–Aug 4, 1992
4 other works identified
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Art of the Forties
Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991
12 other works identified
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Art of the Forties
Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991
17 other works identified
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Art of the Forties
Feb 24–Apr 30, 1991
5 other works identified
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Miró’s Black and Red Series: A New Acquisition in Context
Nov 19, 1998–Feb 2, 1999
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Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945
Nov 20, 2004–Mar 7, 2005
16 other works identified
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The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010
2 other works identified
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The Modern Myth: Drawing Mythologies in Modern Times
Mar 10–Aug 30, 2010
2 other works identified
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Joan Miró: Birth of the World
Feb 24–Jun 15, 2019
3 other works identified
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Joan Miró: Birth of the World
Feb 24–Jun 15, 2019
3 other works identified
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Joan Miró: Birth of the World
Feb 24–Jun 15, 2019
2 other works identified
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Joan Miró: Birth of the World
Feb 24–Jun 15, 2019
1 other work identified
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Acquired from the artist, by 1945
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchased from Pierre Matisse through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest, January 1945
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