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Jacques and Natasha Gelman: Collecting Modern Mexico
Leonora Carrington
Phoenix Rides Beetle
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jacques and Natasha Gelman: Collecting Modern Mexico
Leonora Carrington
1917 - 2011
Phoenix Rides Beetle
signed Leonora Carrington, titled and dated 1951 (on the reverse)
oil, tempera and gold leaf on panel
17 ⅞ by 15 in.
45.4 by 38.1 cm.
Executed in 1951.
We are grateful to Dr. Harold Gabriel Weisz Carrington for confirming the authenticity of this work.
Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Mauren Moorehead Carrington, England
Patrick Carrington, England
Private Collection, Isle of Man
Vergel Foundation, Delaware (acquired from the above circa 2003)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Whitney Chadwick, Leonora Carrington: La realidad de la imaginación, Mexico City, 1994, no. 28, n.p., illustrated in color; p. 162
Paris, Galerie Pierre, Leonora Carrington, 1952
London, Serpentine Gallery; Preston, Harris Museum and Bristol, Arnolfini, Leonora Carrington Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, 1940-1990, 1991-92, no. 25, pp. 32 and 110
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