ID 1507892
Lot 121 | REMEDIOS VARO (1908-1963)
Estimate value
$ 650 000 – 850 000
Caballero encantado
signed ‘R. VARO’ (lower left)
gouache, watercolor and pen and black and white inks on heavy paper
19 5/8 x 6 ¼ in. (49.9 x 15.9 cm.)
Executed in 1961
Provenance
Lola Álvarez Bravo, Mexico (gift from the artist).
Gabriela Orozco, Mexico (circa 1990s).
Private collection, Mexico (circa 2001).
Private collection, Dallas.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
J. Fernández, Catálogos de las exposiciones de arte, Anales del Instituto de investigación estética, Mexico City, 1965, p. 104.
R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo: Catálogo razonado, first edition, Mexico City, 1994, p. 302, no. 320 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La obra de Remedios Varo, August 1964, no. 92.
Further Details
We are grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
| Artist: | Remedios Varo (1908 - 1963) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Mixed media |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Remedios Varo (1908 - 1963) |
|---|---|
| Applied technique: | Mixed media |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|
| Preview |
| |
| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Buyer Premium | see on Website | |
| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |












