Leonora Carrington - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    (i, iii, iv) Mary Anne Martin Fine Art, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

    (ii) Galera Namia Mondolfi, Caracas
    Christie's, New York, May 29, 1998, lot 225
    Mary Anne Martin Fine Art, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • 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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Four works: (i) Study for Snake-Bite Floripondio; (ii) Study for Mural El Mundo Magico de Los Mayas; (iii) Untitled; (iv) Untitled

(i, iii) signed "Leonora Carrington" lower right
(ii) signed and dated "Leonora Carrington, March 1964" lower right
(iv) signed and dated "Leonora Carrington, 1956" lower left

(i, iii) watercolor, pencil and ink on paper
(ii) sanguinea on paper
(iv) oil, ink and pencil on paper

(i, iii) 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (30.2 x 25.1 cm)
(ii) 16 1/4 x 15 in. (41.3 x 38.1 cm)
(iv) 9 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (25.1 x 17.1 cm)

(i) Executed circa 1975.
(ii) Executed in 1964.
(iii) not dated.
(iv) Executed in 1956.

We wish to thank Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his kind assistance in the cataloguing of these works.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $25,400

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 16 May 2023