Nota de Mallorca (Mallorca Study)

Joaquim Mir i Trinxet
Barcelona, 1873-1940
Date: c. 1903-1904
Dimensions: 19 x 13 cm (without frame)
Materials: Oil paint on panel
This small format work corresponds to a final palette note made by Mir during his stay in Mallorca. It not only tells us about a landscape or a specific place on the island, it also tells us about everything that surrounds the artist in his professional career. This composition responds to a type of work made by Mir, especially at the end of a session or day’s work. Apart from the large works designed to be exhibited, Mir always carried canvases, boards or cardboards of small format, since he used to use this material to take advantage of the paint that remained in his pictorial palette at the end of his session. In Nota de Mallorca our artist draws with color and captures his agile, confident and vibrant brushstroke.