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Miró was a prolific painter but he made relatively few self-portraits. Thomases used Self-Portrait I, 1937-38, done in pencil, crayon and oil on canvas. Miró drew into his face and eyes many of the shapes that he used in his famous Constellation Series paintings with lines, dots and “organic abstract” shapes. The “surprise” on the back is inspired by one section of his painting entitled: The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers, 1941. At first glance it appears to be a face but Miró probably had other anatomical features in mind.
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