'I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music...' Spanish artist Joan Miro is beloved for his works combining abstraction and surrealism. They are instantly recognizable by Miro's playful, childlike strokes and bold use of black and primary colors. Monumental both in size and composition, La Calebasse, or the Gourd, features at its center a large gourd framed by bold black strokes and surrounded by Miro's signature stars, whimsical lines and bursts of color. Although Mir was later to do many woodcuts, this is his first and only linocut.