Miró, Joan (1893-1983)
Caballo, pipa y flor roja (Horse, Pipe, and Red Flower)
1920
Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 74.9 cm
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Miró painted this work at his home in the Spanish village of Montroig shortly after his first visit to Paris. The complex configuration of forms adopts a Cubist collage technique inspired by the work of Pablo Picasso, whom he had met on this trip. The book on the table, Le Coq et l’arlequin (The Rooster and the Harlequin) by Jean Cocteau, featuring illustrations by Picasso, advertises this new friendship. (PMoA)
See also:
• Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) | Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973)