'Moon Bird', by Joan Miro', Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain
Spanish artist Joan Miro' (1893-1983) worked both in paint and in sculpture. This bronze figure is one of his most famous sculptural works. With bulging eyes, tiny wings, a horn on its beak, and a crescent on its head, it is called 'Moon Bird'. It is just one of a 'flock' of similar birds that Miro' sculpted in the 1960s and that are now perched in several places across the world. This exemplar stands in the inner courtyard of the Reina Sofia Art Museum.
'Moon Bird', by Joan Miro', Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid, Spain
Spanish artist Joan Miro' (1893-1983) worked both in paint and in sculpture. This bronze figure is one of his most famous sculptural works. With bulging eyes, tiny wings, a horn on its beak, and a crescent on its head, it is called 'Moon Bird'. It is just one of a 'flock' of similar birds that Miro' sculpted in the 1960s and that are now perched in several places across the world. This exemplar stands in the inner courtyard of the Reina Sofia Art Museum.