ID 1304129 
Lot 30  | LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000 
Bird Seizes Jewel
signed and dated 'Leonora Carrington 1969' (lower right and again on the reverse); titled 'Bird Seizes Jewel' (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
24 x 24 in. (61 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Private collection (acquired directly from the artist)
Anon. Sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 18 November 1987, lot 57
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Literature
J. García Ponce and L. Carrington, Leonora Carrington, 1974, pp. 49-50 (illustrated in color).
Further Details
We are grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Leonora Carrington (1917 - 2011) | 
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted | 
| Art style: | Surrealism | 
| Place of origin: | Mexico | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Artist: | Leonora Carrington (1917 - 2011) | 
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted | 
| Art style: | Surrealism | 
| Place of origin: | Mexico | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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