JD Bidaut - L’Évasion — d’après Joan Miró

JD Bidaut — The Escape — after Joan Miró

Technique: Oil on canvas glued to panel.

Dimensions of the work: 39 cm high × 28 cm wide.

On a brown background where the textile weave remains visible, figures with round eyes seem to float between sinuous black lines. The red, blue, black, and white flat areas respond to one another from edge to edge. The large profile on the right dialogues with the small figure suspended at the top left. In the lower part, the colored bands and the dotted lines of circles rhythm the composition. The contrast between the irregular texture of the background and the sharpness of the flat colors reinforces the impression of movement. The verso bears the title “The Escape” and the signature JD Bidaut.

Stylistic markers
The profile reduced to a line, the isolated eyes, and the shapes that seem to float recall Miró’s dreamlike vocabulary. The red and blue flats and the black signs stand out against a textured brown background. This contrast gives the figures a playful presence and emphasizes their movement.

Movement evoked · Surrealism, with biomorphic shapes and graphic signs.
Date · 1981.
Dated “81” at the bottom left.

The condition of the work and the support is presented in the photographs, which are part of the description.