LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and tempera on Masonite

Size Notes:

67.3 x 43

Description:

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Markings:

signed 'R. Varo'

Exhibited:

Mexico City, Galera Antonio Souza, June 1958.Lima, Instituto de Arte Contemporneo, Pintura Mexicana Contempornea de la Galera Antonio Souza, April 1961.Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Five Keys to the Secret World of Remedios Varo, 2008 (illustrated in color, p. 51).Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Humlebk, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic Women: Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo, 13 February - 8 November 2020 (illustrated in color, p. 283).

Literature:

R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonn, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 1994, p. 258, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 112).R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonn Second Revised Edition, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 1998, p. 258, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 112).R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonn Third Edition, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 2002, p. 322, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 172).R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonn Fourth Edition, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 2008, p. 322, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 172). E. A. Hernndez, Abren su universo con Cinco Llaves

Provenance:

Private collection, Mexico City.Galera Antonio Souza, Mexico City.Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 November 1984, lot 37.Private collection, Florida.Private collection, Mexico City.Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008.