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Property of a Lady

Leonora Carrington

Six Masks for Opus Siniestrus

Session begins in

May 20, 03:00 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Bid

35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Lady

Leonora Carrington

1917 - 2011


Six Masks for Opus Siniestrus 


i.

mesh, acrylic, felt, reed, string and wire

62 ¼ by 31 in.

158 by 78.7 cm.


ii.

mesh, acrylic, felt, reed, string and wire

58 by 32 ½ in.

147 by 82.6 cm.


iii.

mesh, acrylic, felt, reed, wire yarn, string, leather and velvet ribbon

23 by 26 in.

58.4 by 66 cm.


iv.

mesh, acrylic, felt, reed, string and wire

41 by 37 in.

104 by 94 cm.


v.

mesh, acrylic, felt, reed, yarn and wire

32 by 22 in.

81.3 by 55.9 cm.


vi.

mesh, acrylic, felt, reed, rope and wire

22 by 59 in.

55.9 by 150 cm.


Executed in 1976.


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.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

i. & ii.:

Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Leonora Carrington: cuentos mágicos, 2018, n.p., illustrated in color

New York, Gallery Wendi Norris, Leonora Carrington: The Story of the Last Egg, 2019, pp. 49-50 and 54-55, illustrated in color