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    Lunar Bird, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Miro, Joan, 1893-1983, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Lunar Bird, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1944-1946.
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    89 3/8 x 88 1/2 x 58 1/4 in.
    Description: 
    Abstract sculpture depicting an imaginary bird with with thick legs and small wings, and a crescent symbol of the moon on its head.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Animal -- Bird
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 72.204
    Provenance: 
    Gift of Hirshhorn, Joseph H., 1972.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture is number one in an edition of seven.
    References: 
    Fletcher, Valerie J., "A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, pg. 62.
    Illustration: 
    Fletcher, Valerie J., "A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, pg. 63.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 61570075
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