Joán Miró
Le Styx
Artwork Detail
Miró's work became characterised by space populated by fantastic shapes suggestive of living organisms. In Le Styx he makes reference to the river in the classical Underworld over which the souls of the dead are traditionally ferried by Charon. Both Miró and Léonor Fini drew on images of the primeval swamp rather than a river, which also serves as a metaphor for the subconscious mind, from which uncontrolled and often inexplicable images rise fetidly to the surface of our awareness.
- Title
- Le Styx
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1958
- Medium
- etching and aquatint
- Dimensions
- 175 x 235 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1976
- Accession no
- 1976/39
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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