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Joan Miro, Characters in the night, 1942

SKU:  195267

Joan Miro, Characters in the night, 1942

€58,31 EUR
€58,31 EUR
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Created in 1942 during one of the most turbulent periods of the twentieth century, Characters in the Night exemplifies Joan Miró’s ability to transform anxiety and displacement into poetic visual language. Painted while Europe was engulfed in war, the work belongs to a phase in which Miró’s imagery became increasingly distilled, intimate, and psychologically charged.

Against a dark, atmospheric ground—suggestive of nocturnal vastness—floating biomorphic figures emerge in delicate tension. These “characters” are not literal beings but symbolic presences: hybrid forms combining eyes, stars, limbs, and abstract signs. Miró reduces anatomy to essential marks—dots, lines, crescents—creating a constellation-like composition that feels suspended between earth and cosmos. The night becomes both setting and metaphor, evoking uncertainty while offering a realm of imagination and interior freedom.

The palette is restrained yet luminous, with subtle contrasts that animate the surface without overwhelming its stillness. Miró’s line—precise, calligraphic, and rhythmically controlled—guides the viewer through a quiet choreography of forms. Despite the simplicity of elements, the composition conveys emotional complexity: solitude, resilience, and the persistence of creative spirit.

During this wartime period, Miró retreated from overt Surrealist theatrics toward a more introspective and spiritual abstraction. Characters in the Night reflects this evolution. Rather than depicting external reality, the painting suggests an inner universe populated by symbolic actors—dream figures navigating darkness.

The work stands as a testament to Miró’s enduring exploration of myth, poetry, and cosmic space. It captures a moment when art became both refuge and resistance, transforming the uncertainty of night into a field of imaginative possibility.

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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