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Joan Miro, Characters, 1934

SKU:  195131

Joan Miro, Characters, 1934

€53,11 EUR
€53,11 EUR
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Characters (1934) by Joan Miró belongs to the transitional period in which the artist pushed his symbolic visual language toward greater freedom, spontaneity, and surreal invention. The early 1930s were a moment of experimentation for Miró—he was moving away from the more meticulously rendered forms of the late 1920s and entering a phase defined by biomorphic shapes, playful distortion, and a poetic sense of the absurd. Characters from 1934 embodies this shift, presenting a group of fantastical beings that straddle the line between figure and symbol.

In this work, Miró abandons realistic anatomy entirely, constructing his “characters” from arcs, looping lines, faint smudges, and bursts of color that collectively suggest personalities rather than literal bodies. The figures often appear elongated, as if stretched by dreamlike forces, with limbs implied by thin tendrils or floating shapes.

The palette typically associated with Miró in this period—pale washes contrasted with vivid reds, yellows, and blues—creates both levity and tension. Black lines act as anchors, giving structure to the otherwise airy composition. These strokes are energetic and improvisational, reminiscent of calligraphy or automatic drawing. The blank spaces between forms are equally important, giving the characters room to “breathe” and enhancing the floating, weightless quality of the scene.

There is a playful surrealism in Characters, but also an undercurrent of strangeness. The beings seem to interact in a space without gravity or narrative logic. They evoke gestures, emotions, or whispers rather than concrete actions. Miró’s aim during this phase was to free painting from rational constraints, allowing instinct and imagination to guide the creation of forms.

Characters (1934) stands as an excellent example of Miró’s evolving visual poetry—an exploration of figures reduced to symbols, where simplicity becomes expressive, and where every gesture invites the viewer into a world of dreamlike 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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