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Head of a Catalan Peasant
Head of a Catalan Peasant is an emblematic sequence of oil paintings and pencil made by Joan Miró between 1924 and 1925. Miró began this series the same year that André Breton published his "Manifesto of Surrealism". The series was made partly in Paris. For Joan Miró "a peasant" symbolized rural knowledge, and also reflected his Catalan identity.
The Fundació Joan Miró of Barcelona keeps several preparatory drawings for this series.
The work demonstrates that Miró had ties with his homeland throughout
Series "Head of a Catalan Peasant" (10 March 1925).
The version preserved in Edinburgh is the third of four "Catalan Peasants" that Miró made. You can understand this painting as a "self-portrait" of Miró, which affirms his Catalan identity. The work, conducted in 1925, was made at a time when Miró was gradually moving away from Cubism. Previously the work had been part of private collection of Roland Penrose. Currently the work is preserved in the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.