The Tilled Field
| The Tilled Field | |
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| Artist | Joan Miró |
| Year | 1924 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 66 cm × 92.7 cm (26 in × 36.5 in) |
| Location | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
The Tilled Field (French: La terre labourée; Catalan: Terra llaurada) is a 1923–1924 oil-on-canvas painting by Catalan painter
Analysis
The Tilled Field is dominated by muted tones of yellow and brown. The painting is divided into three areas by two horizontal lines, perhaps representing the sky, sea and earth. A diagonal line seems to put the top right corner of the painting in the dark of night, while the rest is in the light of day. The painting is littered with a confused mixture of forms, many with aspects of humans, animals, and plants. The various animal forms are derived from Catalan ceramics, including a lizard wearing a conical hat. A tree to the right of the centre has a large eye in its green crown and a human ear on its brown trunk. Hanging from the tree is a shape covered with more eyes, possibly a
References
- The Tilled Field (La terre labourée), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Joan Miró: 1893-1983, Janis Mink, ISBN 3822859753, pp. 37–39.
- Companion to Spanish Surrealism, Robert Havard, Tamesis Books, 2004, ISBN 1855661047, pp. 33–34.
