LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)

Lot 110
28.02.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 110 | LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
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LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)

Lepidoptera

signed and dated 'Leonora Carrington 1968 13th Agosto' (lower right)

tempera and charcoal on Masonite

48 x 27 1/2 in. (121.9 x 69.9 cm.)

Painted on 13 August 1968





Provenance

Private collection, Miami.

Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.

Acquired from the above by the present owners in 2019.



Exhibited

San Francisco, Gallery Wendi Norris, Leonora Carrington: The Talismanic Lens, February - March 2008.

Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Leonora Carrington: The Celtic Surrealist, September 2013 - January 2014, p. 47 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to San Francisco, Gallery Wendi Norris, April - May 2014.

Sacramento, The Crocker Museum, Arte Mexicano: Legacy of the Masters, October 2014 - February 2015.

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Leonora Carrington: Magical Tales, April - September 2018, no. 53, p. 469 (illustrated p. 389); this exhibition later travelled to Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, October 2018 - February 2019.



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