ID 908065
Lot 129 | LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Estimate value
£ 170 000 – 250 000
Mars Red Predella
signed and dated 'LEONORA CARRINGTON - SEPTEMBER 1947' (lower right)
tempera and sgraffito on prepared panel
8 3/8 x 39 3/8 in. (21.2 x 100 cm.)
Painted in September 1947
Provenance
Edward James, West Dean Park, West Sussex; his estate sale, Christie’s, London, 5 June 1986, lot 1789.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
New York, Centre for Inter-American Relations, Leonora Carrington: A Retrospective Exhibition, November 1975 - January 1976, no. 7 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Austin, Texas, University Art Museum, January - February 1976.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Post Lot Text
We are grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Leonora Carrington (1917 - 2011) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Leonora Carrington (1917 - 2011) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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