The Kerosene Lamp
Joan Miró
1924
- Medium
- Charcoal, with red Conté and colored crayons, touches of graphite, and scraping, heightened with white oil paint, on canvas prepared with a glue ground
- Dimensions
- 81 × 100.3 cm (31 15/16 × 39 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- charcoal
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
About
The Spanish artist Joan Miró was one of the leading exponents of Surrealism. His drawing The Kerosene Lamp has often been interpreted as autobiographical—a view of the artist's studio—but the elements of his work are intended to be suggestive rather than specific in meaning.
