From left, modern masters at Di Donna Galleries: «Tête - à - Tête,» bronze sculpture by Joan Miró; «Design for a Tarot Card,» by Kay Sage; «Femme et oiseau devant le soleil,» by Joan Miró; «Mask,» by Anvik; «Monstre,» 1946, by Francis Picabia; «Head of a Man,» 1947, by Max Ernst. (nytimes.com)
In contrast, the word for bird has several different sounds associated with it like pajaro in Spanish and oiseau in French. (scientificamerican.com)
Graduate student assistant, Shannan Hayes, leads a tour of Miró: The Experience of Seeing, starting with Miró's painted bronze sculpture from 1967, Caress of a Bird (La Caresse d'un oiseau), on loan from the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas. (nasher.duke.edu)