Label only what you need to talk about
Second painting completed after a pivotal Barcelona trip. Bright simple primaries. I was struck by how central a role the basic primaries play throughout Miro’s career. Picasso and Matisse as well. Later on, and especially in the ceramics, that’s pretty much all Miro uses. The blue, yellow, red, and black you think of when you hear the names of those colors. I find this perplexing, though I remain a big fan.