Joan Miró for Masters of Surrealism, Untitled Ⅶ, 1967

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gouache, watercolour and ink on paper

43 x 33 cm
16 7/8 x 13 in
framed: 73 x 61 x 3 cm

Joan Miró’s Untitled (VII) from 1967 is a vivid example of his mature work, combining spontaneity with symbolic abstraction. Painted in gouache, watercolor, and Indian ink, it features a bold...

Joan Miró’s Untitled (VII) from 1967 is a vivid example of his mature work, combining spontaneity with symbolic abstraction. Painted in gouache, watercolor, and Indian ink, it features a bold red shape emerging from a central eye surrounded by concentric colors. Fluid black lines and a solitary black star add a cosmic dimension, typical of Miró’s visual language.

By this time, Miró had simplified his style to focus on suggestion and materiality. Influenced by his 1966 trip to Japan, the work reflects Eastern aesthetics and Zen philosophy through its balance of form and empty space. The brushstrokes and careful use of the paper’s blank areas create a meditative, rhythmic composition that invites quiet contemplation.

Even in this intimate piece, Miró’s interest in space and movement shines through, linking his drawings to his larger public sculptures and murals. Untitled (VII) does not illustrate a story but offers a moment suspended between gesture and meaning, revealing Miró’s enduring belief in the emotional power of abstraction.

Provenance

Galerie Maeght, Paris
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo

Exhibitions

Travelling exhibition: Tokyo, Grande Gallery Odakyu; Nagano, Shinano Museum of Fine
Arts: Osaka, Hanshin Department Store's Art Gallery; Funabashi, The Funabashi Seibu
Museum of Arts; Sendai, Miyagi Museum of Art & Fukushima, Prefectural Museum of
Modern Art, Retrospective Exhibition of Miró, 1984

Literature

Joan Miró: Catalogue Raisonné. Drawings, Volume III: 1960–1972, by Jacques Dupin and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Paris, 2010, illustrated in black and white under no. 2005, p. 166.

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