LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on Masonite

Measurements:

37.76 in. (95.90 cm.) (height) by 33.50 in. (85.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'R. Varo' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Remedios Varo, April 1956. Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Obra de Remedios Varo 1913-1963, October 1971.

Literature:

I. Palencia, “Remedios Varo, sensibilidad e interpretación,” Novedades, México en la Cultura, August 15, 1955 (illustrated). J. Crespo de la Serna, “Artes plásticas,” Revista de la Universidad de México, September 1955 (illustrated). J. Crespo de la Serna, “El arte taumatúrgico de Remedios Varo”, Arquitectura, June 1956 (illustrated). R. Flores Guerrero, “Poseía en la pintura de Remedios Varo,” Revista de la Universidad de México, June 1956 (illustrated). C. Gironella, “Remedios Varo un mundo fantástico,” Siempre!, 6 June 1956 (illustrated in color). M. Aub, “Notas para lamentar la muerte de Remedios Varo,” Revista de la Universidad de México, December 1963 (illustrated). R. Caillois, “Inventario de un mundo” in Remedios Varo, Mexico City, Ediciones ERA, 1966, no. 67 (illustrated). T. Huerta, “Remedios Varo, magia y poesia,” Comunidad, Universidad Iberoamericana, August 1975 (illustrated). E. Jaguer, Remedios Varo, Mexico City, Ediciones ERA, 1980, p 50 (illustrated). L. Andrade, “Remedios y la alquimia,” México en el arte, Autumn 1986 (illustrated). J. Kaplan, Unexpected Journeys: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo, New York, Abbeville Pres, 1988, p.122-124, 127 (illustrated). G. Colvile, “Beauty and/is the Beast. Animal Symbology in the Works of Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Leonor Fini,” in M. Caws, et al., Surrealism and Women, Cambridge, MIT Press, 1991, p.173-174 (illustrated). W. Gruen et al., Remedios Varo, Catálogo Razonado, Mexico City, 2008, p. 183, no. 136 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Private collection, Mexico. Albert Lewin, Los Angeles. Salón de la Plástica Mexicana, Mexico City. Acquired from the above by the present owner (15 October 1971).