LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)

Lot 31
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ID 1380873
Lot 31 | LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Estimate value
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LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Ikon
signed 'LEONORA CARRINGTON' (lower center)
egg tempera on panel
30 ½ x 24 in. (77.5 x 61 cm.)
Painted in 1988.




Provenance

Brewster Gallery, New York
Private collection, Mexico (acquired from the above)



Literature

M. Warner, “New York Leonora Carrington,” Burlington Magazine, October 1988, V. 130, N. 1027, pp. 796 and 797 (illustrated).
K. Baker, “Surrealist’s Work Gets Reality Check, Leonora Carrington’s paintings seems staged and manipulative,” DATEBOOK Art, 19 January 1992, p. 43 (illustrated).
M. Tanner, “From an Occult Realm, Leonora Carrington: The Mexican Years, 1943-1985 at the Mexican Museum,” ARTWEEK, 23 January 1992, V. 23, N. 3, pp. front cover and 8 (illustrated).
M. Nonaka, “Leonora Carrington,” ATELIER, Magazine of International Art, June 1992, N. 783, p. 63 (illustrated).
W. Chadwick, Leonora Carrington: La realidad de la imaginación, 1994, n. 98 (illustrated in color).
S. Aberth, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, 2004, n. 110, p. 137 (illustrated in color).
L. Carrington, Die Windsbraut: Bizarre Geschichten, 2009, p. 201 (illustrated in color).
P. Rosemont, Surrealism: Inside the Magnetic Fields, 2019, p. front cover (illustrated in color).



Exhibited

New York, Brewster Gallery, Leonora Carrington: Recent Works, 10 May-4 June 1988, p. front cover (illustrated in color).
San Francisco, The Mexican Museum, Leonora Carrington: The Mexican Years, 1943-1985, 11 December 1991-1 March 1992.
Mexico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Leonora Carrington: Una retrospectiva, September-November 1994, n. 76, p. 139 (illustrated in color).
Japan, Tokyo Station Gallery, 14 October-12 November 1997; Osaka, Daimaru Museum, 11-23 February 1998; Hida Takayama Museum of Art, 28 February-29 March 1998; Tsu, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, 4 April-5 May 1998, Leonora Carrington, n. 70, p. 114 (illustrated in color).
Madrid, Círculo de Bellas Artes, July-September 2002; Mexico City, Palacio Postal, November 2002-January 2003, Traslaciones, España-México: Pintura y escultura, 1977-2002, p. 70 (illustrated in color).
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, 21 April-23 September 2018; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, 12 October 2018-3 February 2019, Leonora Carrington: Magical Tales, n. 45, p. 394 (illustrated in color).



Further Details

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