Lee Miller
Joan Miro, Mallorca, 1970
About this artwork
This image captures the renowned Catalan painter Miró at rest in Mallorca. Another series of photographs of Miró, taken by Miller in 1964, document his visit to London in that year. During his stay, Miller accompanied Miró on a behind-the-scenes visit to London Zoo, where she photographed the artist holding the coils of a huge python in the reptile enclosure.
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artist:Lee MillerAmerican (1907 - 1977)
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title:Joan Miro, Mallorca, 1970
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date created:1970
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materials:Black and white photograph (posthumous print)
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measurements:Paper size: 37.90 x 30.00 cm; image size: 25.30 x 25.20 cm
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credit line:Purchased with help from the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland 2007
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accession number:GMA 4998
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Lee Miller
Lee Miller
Miller had a most remarkable career and life. She was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, and worked as a model for Condé Nast, learning photography first through being a subject for the most important fashion photographers of her day. In 1929 she visited Paris for the second time and became the...
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