Description
The Spanish artist Joan Miró was one of the leading exponents of Surrealism. His drawing The Kerosene Lamp has often been interpreted as autobiographical—a view of the artist's studio—but the elements of his work are intended to be suggestive rather than specific in meaning.
Provenance
Possibly Paul Eluard, Paris [New York 1993]. Mme Marie Cuttoli (died 1973), Paris, by March 1945-at least 1962 [New York 1993; Dupin 1962]. Sold, Sotheby’s, London, July 4, 1962, lot 246 to Richard Feigen and Company, New York [sale catalogue addenda]. Sold by Ellen J. Myers, New York, to the Art Institute, 1978.
Accession Number
52780
Medium
Charcoal, with red Conté and colored crayons, touches of graphite, and scraping, heightened with white oil paint, on canvas prepared with a glue ground
Dimensions
81 × 100.3 cm (31 15/16 × 39 1/2 in.)
Classification
charcoal
Credit Line
Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation, Helen L. Kellogg Trust, Blum-Kovler Foundation, Major Acquisitions and gifts from Mrs. Henry C. Woods, Members of the Committee on Prints and Drawings, and Friends of the Department
