LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

100.3 x 55.2 cm.

Description:

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Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Pierre [Pierre Loeb], Leonora Carrington, 1952, no. 17. Leeds, Art Company, Leonora Carrington, Early Works, June - July 1990, no. 12, n.p. (dated '1950-1951').London, Serpentine Gallery, Leonora Carrington: Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, 1940-1990, December 1991 - January 1992, no. 21, p. 109 (illustrated p. 68; dated '1950-1951'). Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, Leonora Carrington, October - November 1997, no. 19, p. 60 (illustrated p. 61; dated '1950-1951'); this exhibition later traveled to Osaka, Daimaru Museum, February 1998; Takayama, Hida Takayama Museum of Art, February - March 1998; and Mie, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, April - May 1998. Miami, Miami Art Museum, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation, September - November 1998, no. 14 (dated '1950-1951'). Miami, Miami Art Museum, Selections from the Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions, November 1999 - April 2000. Miami, Miami Art Museum, Miami Currents: Linking Collection and Community, October 2002 - March 2003.

Literature:

W. Chadwick, Leonora Carrington, La realidad de la imaginacin, Mexico City, 1994, no. 27, p. 162 (illustrated n.p.; dated '1950-1951'). L. Andrade, Leonora Carrington, historia en dos tiempos, Mexico City, 2002, n.p. (illustrated; dated '1950-1951').S.L. Aberth, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, London, 2020, no. 57, p. 84 (illustrated; dated '1950-1951').

Provenance:

Maureen Moorehead Carrington, Isle of Man, United Kingdom [the artist's mother], and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, New York, 28 May 1998, lot 113. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.