Ciphers and Constellations in Love with a Woman () is a painting by Joan Miró created in 1941, in Palma, Spain. The medium is gouache, watercolor, and graphite on paper, and the work's dimensions are . It is in the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/79593 Art Institute of Chicago It is one of the 23 pieces in Miró's Constellations series.Book: Satie - 3 Gymnopedies and 3 Gnossiennes
The work was first exhibited in 1945, in the Pierre Matisse Gallery after the gallery had acquired it in 1944. In 1953, the Art Institute of Chicago acquired the painting.
The painting inspired a poem of the same title by Ruth Moon Kempher.Kempher, Ruth Moon (2006). A Book of Designs and Hours. Pudding House Publications.
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