Tête is one of the most original of Miró's images of the human physiognomy, with its asymmetrical eyes, tiny whimsical mouth and sprouting ear, all ornamenting the great boulder shape of a head. Most Miró faces exhibit characteristic typologies, employing a variety of preordained forms. In this work, the contour is unexpected, constantly redefining its path as it is laid down. Miró's personnage, surrounded by plumes and puffs of pastel and gouache, and illuminated by its necklace of stars, turns to catch sight of a passing bird (the black form silhouetted against its cheek), every hair on its head distent and aquiver. As Jacques Dupin observes, Miró's works of the later 30's "convey rhythms of nature, a passing moment of happiness, in the simple line of a path, the trace of a bird's or insect's passage, the hint of some dwelling place in the sky" (Ibid, 299).

Miro executed this work in Paris, probably while he was engaged in painting his large mural for the Spanish pavilion at the Paris World's Fair of 1937.