LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

48.03 in. (122.00 cm.) (height) by 35.83 in. (91.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 1945 lower left

Exhibited:

Washington, D.C., Bel Ami International Competition, 1946-1947, p. 16, illustrated. San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, April 1947. New York, Pierre Matisse Gallery, Leonora Carrington, 1948. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Painting in the United States, 1948, October 14-December 12, 1948. Leeds, Art Company, Leonora Carrington, 1990. London, Serpentine Gallery, December 1991-January 1992; Preston, Harris Museum, February 1-March 31, 1992; Bristol, Arnolfini, April 10-May 10, 1992, Leonora Carrington, Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures 1940-1990, no. 11, p. 62, illustrated in color. San Francisco, The Mexican Museum, Leonora Carrington: The Mexican Years 1943-1985, December 11, 1991-March 1, 1992, p. 32, illustrated. Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Leonora Carrington: Una Retrospectiva, September 9, 1994-January, 1995 . Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, March 3-May 28, 1995; Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, July 7-October 1, 1995, Latin American Women Artists 1915-1995, no. 5b, p. 110, illustrated in color. Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery, October 14-November 12, 1997; Umeda-Osaka, Daimaru Museum, February 11-February 23, 1998; Hida Takayama Museum of Art, February 28-March 29, 1998; Mie Prefectual Art Museum, April 4-May 5, 1998, Leonora Carrington, no. 16, p. 57, illustrated in color

Literature:

Marcel Jean, The History of Surrealist Paintings, New York, 1967, p. 323, illustrated. René Passeron, Phaidon Encyclopedia of Surrealism, Oxford, 1978, p. 134, illustrated. Uwe M. Schneede, Surrealism, The Movement and the Masters, New York, 1973, p. 102, illustrated. Pari tí, la rebelde del Surrealismo, February 24, 1992, no. 3633, illustrated in color. Whitney Chadwick, Leonora Carrington, La Realidad de la Imaginación, Mexico, 1994, no. 8, illustrated in color. Tilman Spengler, Leonora Carrington, Frankfurt, 1995, p. 79, illustrated in color

Provenance:

Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Maureen Moorhead Carrington, Isle of Man. Sale: Christie's, New York, Important Latin American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, May 18, 1992, lot 20, illustrated in color