Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale
The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
Auction Closed
June 30, 03:09 AM GMT
Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate
LEONORA CARRINGTON
1917-2011
TUESDAY
Signed Leonora Carrington and dated 23 June 1946 (lower right); inscribed Tuesday, 23 June 1946, Property of Edward James (on the reverse)
Egg tempera on panel
21¼ by 32¾ in.
54 by 83.2 cm
Painted on June 23, 1946.
We are grateful to Dr. Harold Gabriel Weisz Carrington for confirming the authenticity of this work.
Edward James, West Dean Park, Chichester, West Sussex (acquired from the artist and sold: Christie's, New York, October 6, 1988, lot 57)
Acquired at the above sale
A Surreal Life: Edward James 1907 - 1984 (exhibition catalogue), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, 1998, illustrated in color p. 58
Susan L. Aberth, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, Burlington, 2004, illustrated in color p. 67