Photo: This Is the Color of My Dreams
Acrylic On Canvas
WallArt
Surrealist
1925
97.0 x 130.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This work is part of a series created between 1924 and 1927 known as "peinture-poésie" (painting-poetry), which combines text with enigmatic symbols and reflects his interest in dreams and the subconscious. Only three elements float on the empty white canvas: the word "Photo," the patch of blue, and the phrase "ceci est la couleur de mes rêves" (this is the color of my dreams). The black letters sit on barely visible pencil lines that serve as guides for their size, as in a child’s writing primer.
Joan Miró (1893 – 1983)
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About this artwork
- Title: Photo: This Is the Color of My Dreams
- Artist: Joan Miró
- Year: 1925
- Original dimensions: 97.0 x 130.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Medium: Acrylic On Canvas
- Creative period: Painting Poetry
- Keywords: photography , joan miró , color blue
Quick Facts
- Artistic style: Abstract Expressionism
- Year: 1925
- Title: Photo: This Is the Color of My Dreams
- Influences: Gaudí
- Subject or theme: Dreams; Subconscious
- Notable elements or techniques: Text & Symbols; Pencil Lines
- Medium: Oil on canvas