
Art Institute of Chicago
The Policeman
Joan Miró · 1925
Provenance
Ownership history
- Jacques Viot (Galerie Pierre), Paris, acquired directly from artist, late October–early November 1925 [Lanchner 1993]. René Gaffé, Brussels, by June 1928–at least 1962 [Lanchner 1993]; sold to Norman Granz, Galerie Verve, Breganzona, Switzerland, around 1962–to at least April 1963 [Lanchner 1993]; sold to Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, April 1963 [letter April 12, 2001 from Richard Feigen and Co.]; sold to Claire Zeisler, Chicago, 27 April 1963–99 [letter listed above]; bequeathed to the Art Institite, 1999.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Joan Miro, January–February 1956, n.p. (ill.), no. 14; travelled to Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, February–March, 1956.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, Dada, Surrealism and Their Heritage, March 27–June 9, 1968, no. 85; traveled to Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 16–September 8, 1968, and Art Institute, October 19–December 8, 1968.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, Joan Miro, October 17, 1993–January 11, 1994, no 44.
Literature
Published references
- Jacques Dupin, “Joan Miró,” Quadrum I (May 1956), pp. 95-106, ill. opp. p. 98.
- René Gaffé, “Miró au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles.” Prisme des Arts, no. 1(March 1956).
- Jacques Dupin, Joan Miró. Life and Work (New York, 1961), p. 510 (ill.).
- Jacques Dupin, Joan Miró: Life and Work (New York, 1962), fig. 121.
- René Gaffé, La verticale: Réflexions d'un collectionneur (Bruxelles, 1963). .
- William Rubin, Dada, Surrealism, and their Heritage (New York, 1968), fig. 85.
- Charles Stuckey, French Painting (Southport, 1991), 267.
- Alan Artner, “Art Institute Inherits Five Surrealist Paintings,” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 11, 1991, Section D, A5 (ill.).
- Pere Gimferrer, The Roots of Miró (Barcelona, 1993), p. 342 (ill.).
- Charles Stuckey, “Selected Recent Acquisitions of Twentieth-Century Art at The Art Institute of Chicago,” Burlington Magazine (October 1993), pp. 725-28 (ill.).
- Carolyn Lanchner, Joan Miro (New York, 1993), pp. 132 (ill.), 380 (ill.), 381, as The Policeman (Figure and Horse).
- Jacques Dupin and Ariane Lelong-Mainaud, Joan Miró. Catalogue Raisonné. Paintings (Argenton-sur-Creuse, 1999), pp. 112–13 (ill.), no. 127, as Le Gendarme, The Policeman.
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