Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)

Manuela Amor de Hill, Mexico City
Private Collection, Mexico

Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte, Los surrealistas en México, 1986
Monterrey, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Leonora Carrington: una retrospectiva, 1994
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno de México, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Leonora Carrington: una retrospectiva, 1995
Tokyo, Tokyo Station Gallery; Umeda-Osaka, Daimaru Museum; Takayama City, Hida Takayama Museum of Art; Tsu, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Leonora Carrington, 1997-98, no. 19, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Osaka, Suntory Museum; Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum; Kochi, The Museum of Art, Women Surrealists in Mexico, 2003-04, no. 62, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Juan García Ponce & Leonora Carrington, Leonora Carrington, Mexico City, 1974, no. 22, illustrated in color
Whitney Chadwick, Leonora Carrington, La Realidad y la imaginación, Mexico City, 1994, no. 23, illustrated in color
Susan L. Aberth, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, alchemy and art, Burlington, 2004, no. 49, illustrated in color p. 77

This canvas is well-stretched. It is highly unusual to see a Carrington on canvas which has not developed any cracking. In this case, the cracking is most visible on the right side, but it is not giving rise to any instability. The only retouches visible when viewed under ultraviolet light are to the right of the standing dog in the lower center where some cracking has been retouched. There is also a small loss on the tree-line in the upper center in the sky that has been retouched. The restoration is good. The work has a dull varnish which shows a thin scratch in the upper right quadrant. The varnish could be addressed, but overall the condition is very good.
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