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Joan Miro, The Snake with Poppies Trailing over a Field of Violets, 1947

SKU:  195225

Joan Miro, The Snake with Poppies Trailing over a Field of Violets, 1947

€61,88 EUR
€61,88 EUR
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“The Snake with Poppies Trailing over a Field of Violets” (1947) by Joan Miró is a richly symbolic and lyrical work that reflects the artist’s postwar return to color, imagination, and organic forms. Created shortly after the end of the Second World War, the painting belongs to a period in which Miró sought renewal through nature, poetry, and a sense of cosmic harmony, moving away from the darker tensions of the late 1930s and early 1940s.

The composition unfolds across a shallow, dreamlike space populated by Miró’s characteristic biomorphic shapes. A sinuous, snake-like form curves fluidly across the surface, its movement emphasized by rhythmic lines and trailing elements that suggest motion and growth. The poppies, traditionally associated with sleep, dreams, and remembrance, introduce a delicate tension between vitality and fragility. Beneath them, the field of violets provides a dense, chromatic ground, evoking fertility, humility, and quiet persistence.

Miró’s use of color is particularly expressive. Vivid reds, deep blues, and luminous violets coexist with blacks and earthy tones, creating a visual balance between intensity and calm. The background remains intentionally ambiguous, allowing forms to float and interact without fixed perspective, reinforcing the painting’s poetic and nonliteral character. Lines are both spontaneous and precise, reflecting Miró’s mastery of controlled automatism.

Symbolically, the work can be read as a meditation on regeneration. The snake, a timeless emblem of transformation and cyclical renewal, moves gently through a landscape of flowers, suggesting continuity rather than threat. In the context of 1947, this imagery resonates as an affirmation of life and creativity after destruction.

Materials

Cotton canvas, matte photo paper, fine art paper, pigmented inks.

  • The canvas it's 99 % cotton, 450 gr/sqm;
  • The matte photo paper it's acid-free (archival paper), 190 gr/sqm;
  • The fine art photo paper it's satinated (semi-glossy), 140 gr/sqm.

Shipping & Returns

Dispatching time: 1-2 days.

* Standard shipping fee: The orders will be sent by priority registered mail, usually via client National Post (USPS, Canada Post, Royal Mail, LaPoste, Deutsche Post, PostNL, etc). The delivery times are not guaranteed, sometimes it will take longer and these are beyond our control. Tracking number will be provided. Clients from US and Canada cannot track the parcels as the tracking numbers are not rolled in USPS and Canada Post systems.

* UPS standard: The orders will be sent with UPS expedited option. The delivery time it's between 5-11 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

* UPS express: The orders will be sent with UPS express saver. The delivery time it's between 4-7 days. Tracking number will be provided after dispatch.

Framing tips

Both type of materials, paper and canvas prints come rolled and will be need to be taken to your local framers.

The image it's printed with a border of 0.6 " (1.5 cm), for framing purposes only.

If you have already a frame, be sure you send us the exact size of the print that will fit inside the frame. We're printing on vectorial plotters so the size could slightly be more or less with 0.4" (1 cm).

If you plan to have the canvas print stretched on wooden frame, you'll need additional border, so please let us know after placing the order.

The images above was cropped from the image at the biggest size available (keeping the best quality and aspect /ratio), so, for good details please choose biggest dimensions that will suit your preferences / space.

Care Instructions

The print media (canvas or photo paper) could be cleaned only with a dry, soft cloth.

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