LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)

Lot 32
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Lot 32 | LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
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LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Faet Fiada (The Appearance of a Wild Beast)
signed and dated 'Leonora Carrington 1951' (lower left and again on the reverse); titled 'Faet Fiada (The Appearance of a Wild Beast)' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
36 x 21 ½ in. (91.4 x 54.6 cm.)
Painted in 1951.




Provenance

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Private collection, Mexico (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent
Anon. sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 31 May 2001, lot 10
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner



Literature

K. Iwaya, “Leonora Carrington Confessions of a Witch,” MIZUE No. 798, 1971, p. 54 (illustrated).
W. Chadwick, Leonora Carrington: La realidad de la imaginación, 1994, n. 32, p. 162 (illustrated in color).



Exhibited

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, The 1952 Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, 16 October-14 December 1952; San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1 February-1 March 1953, n. 40 (illustrated).
Mexico City, Galería Arturo Pani en colaboración con Inés Amor, Regalos de Navidad, 16 December 1953-28 January 1954.



Further Details

We are grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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