Leonora Carrington - The Virtues of Rebellion New York Thursday, October 20, 2022 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Brewster Arts, New York
    Private Collection (acquired from the above)
    Gallery Jones, Vancouver
    Private Collection
    Ariadne Art Advisory and Consulting, Florida
    Private Collection (acquired from the above)

  • Exhibited

    New York, Brewster Arts, Ltd., Recent Paintings by Leonora Carrington, November 21 - December 23, 1997

  • Literature

    The Female Gaze: Women Surrealists in the Americas and Europe, exh. cat., Heather James Fine Art, New York, 2019, p. 13

  • Artist Biography

    Leonora Carrington

    British / Mexican • 1917 - 2011

    At the core of Leonora Carrington's Surrealist oeuvre is a preoccupation with gender and feminist issues. Born to a wealthy family in Lancashire, England, Carrington demonstrated an interest in art at a young age and enrolled at Chelsea School of Art in London. Carrington first became interested in Surrealism after having attended the 1939 International Surrealist Exhibition, and later entered into a relationship with German Surrealist painter Max Ernst.

    Like many European intellectuals and artists, Carrington fled war-torn Europe and settled in Mexico where she was greatly influenced by the cultural and religious syncretism. Carrington's unique Surrealist aesthetic is one that often features females as the central figure and includes fairytale-like imagery.

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The Spinners

signed with the artist’s initials, titled and dated “The Spinners LC 1997” on the reverse
oil on canvas board
14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Painted in 1997.

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The Virtues of Rebellion