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Property from an Important North American Private Collection

Leonora Carrington

Who art thou, White Face?

Auction Closed

May 16, 12:52 AM GMT

Estimate

1,800,000 - 2,500,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important North American Private Collection


Leonora Carrington

1917 - 2011


Who art thou, White Face?

signed Leonora Carrington (lower left)

oil on canvas

27 ¾ by 39 ½ in.

70.5 by 100.3 cm.

Executed in 1959.


We are grateful to Dr. Harold Gabriel Weisz Carrington for confirming the authenticity of this work.


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

Please note, this work has been requested for the upcoming exhibition 'Leonora Carrington: Dream Weaver' to be held at the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University from 22 January 2025 – 1 June 2025.

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City

Private Collection, Mexico City (acquired from the above in 1961)

Acquired by descent from the above in 1981 by the present owner

José Pierre, Le Surréalisme, Lausanne, 1966, p. 81, illustrated in color

Xavier Moyssén, "Los Animales en la Pintura Contemporánea de Mexico," Artes de México, issue 130, 1970, p. 96, illustrated (dated 1859)

Leonora Carrington and Juan García Ponce, Leonora Carrington, Mexico City, 1974, pp. 26-27, illustrated in color

Gloria Feman Orenstein, "Art History and the Case for the Women of Surrealism," The Journal of General Education, vol. 27, issue 1, Spring 1975, p. 41

Whitney Chadwick, Leonora Carrington. La realidad de la imaginación, Mexico City, 1994, no. 49, n.p., illustrated in color and p. 162

Lourdes Andrade, Leonora Carrington: historia en dos tiempos, Mexico City, 1998, n.p., illustrated in color

Susan Aberth, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, Hampshire, 2004, no. 87, p. 112, illustrated in color

Silvia Cherem, Trazos y revelaciones, Entrevistas a diez artistas mexicanos, Mexico City, 2004, p. 82, illustrated in color

Giulia Ingarao, Leonora Carrington, The Image of Dreams, Milan, 2022, p. 160

Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Leonora Carrington, 1960, no. 42

New York, D'Arcy Galleries, Surrealist Intrusion in the Enchanters' Domain, 1960-61, no. 22

Mexico City, Instituto Anglo-Mexicano de Cultura, Leonora Carrington 1955—1965, 1965, no. 6, n.p., illustrated

Mexico City, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Galería Universitaria Aristos, Surrealismo y el arte fantástico en México, 1967, no. 5

London, The Hayward Gallery; Stockholm, Moderna Museet and Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, Art in Latin America, The Modern Era 1820-1980, 1989-90, no. 10.44, p. 235, illustrated in color

London, Serpentine Gallery; Preston, Harris Museum and Bristol, Arnolfini, Leonora Carrington Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, 1940-1990, 1991-92, no. 36, p. 79, illustrated in color and p. 110

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Leonora Carrington: una retrospectiva, 1994, no. 42, p. 105, illustrated in color and p. 143

Tokyo Station Gallery; Umeda, Daimaru Museum; Hida Takayama Museum of Art and Tsu, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Leonora Carrington, 1997-98, no. 39, p. 83, illustrated in color

Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Osaka, Suntory Museum; Nagoya City Art Museum and Kochi, The Museum of Art, Women Surrealists in Mexico, 2003-04, no. 69, p. 131, illustrated in color

Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Leonora Carrington: The Celtic Surrealist, 2013-14, n.n., pp. 95 and 98 (detail), illustrated in color