Joan Miro - The Diamond Smiles at Twilight (21.25 in x 23.5 in)

The specific name of this artwork by Joan Miró is "Le diamant sourit au crépuscule" (which translates to "The Diamond Smiles at Twilight").

Miró painted this oil on canvas in 1947. The original piece measures 97 x 130 cm and is on loan to the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona, Spain (which is why your specific gallery print likely carried the "Fundacion" label).

The painting is a classic example of his surrealist iconography, featuring the "diamond" (the checkerboard kite) soaring in a dreamlike twilight alongside celestial bodies like the moon, a red sun, and a glowing blue face.

• The Blue Face (Right): The bright blue shape enclosed in a dark, hair-like arch features a simple, interconnected line representing eyes and a nose. Miró frequently used fragmented body parts and faces to represent humanity or the "Woman" motif in an abstracted, spiritual form.

• The Checkerboards (Top Left and Bottom Right): The checkerboard kite flying on a string and the square block at the bottom right are geometric anchors. In Miró’s fluid, chaotic voids, he often used rigid checkerboard patterns to symbolize earthly reality, structure, or the grounded terrestrial world.

• The Red Sun/Eye (Center): The blurred red circle with a dark center is a recurring symbol for the sun, the cosmos, or an all-seeing eye, representing the universe's life-giving energy.

• Stars and Constellations (Scattered): The thin, wiry lines connecting small black dots, along with the distinct intersecting stars, represent the cosmos and the night sky. For Miró, the sky was a symbol of infinite space, freedom, and the escape from the heavy realities of life.

• The Tall Dark Figure (Left): This stylized, almost sculptural black form with a crescent moon at its base represents a terrestrial being reaching up toward the heavens, physically tethered to the flying checkerboard kite.