Miró assigned this pastel the title Woman, aiming for something "unpretentious and very ordinary," he said, but the work has come to be known as Opera Singer because of the figure's open mouth and what is often identified as sheet music in her right hand. She is rendered in acidic, highly saturated, and dissonant colors, with flagrantly displayed genitalia.
Gallery label from Joan Miró: Painting and Anti–Painting 1927–1937, November 2, 2008–January 12, 2009.
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New Acquisitions: Three Mirós
Sep 30–Nov 8, 1972
1 other work identified
Making Choices
Mar 16–Sep 26, 2000
Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945
Nov 20, 2004–Mar 7, 2005
9 other works identified
Drawing from the Modern, 1880 - 1945
Nov 20, 2004–Mar 7, 2005
6 other works identified
Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937
Nov 2, 2008–Jan 12, 2009
Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937
Nov 2, 2008–Jan 12, 2009
1 other work identified
Joan Miró: Birth of the World
Feb 24–Jun 15, 2019
2 other works identified
Joan Miró: Birth of the World
Feb 24–Jun 15, 2019
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Acquired from the artist, [c. 1934] - 1960
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Weintraub, Westhampton Beach, New York. Purchased from Pierre Matisse, 1960 - 1964
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of William H. Weintraub, June 1964
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