Word: harlequins
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...talk of dream imagery, free association, irrational juxtaposition. And partly from plain hunger. As Miró explains, "Sometimes I hadn't had any supper. I saw things ... I saw shapes in the chinks in the walls and shapes on the ceiling." Typical of this period is Carnival of Harlequin, 1924-25, which squirms with a profusion of shapes-a black, writhing snake with a huge white-gloved hand where its head should be; a startled cat's face in search of a proper body; a jack-in-the-box with bee's wings...