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Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)
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Description
- Leonora Carrington
- The Return of Boadicea
- Signed Leonora Carrington (lower left); signed Leonora Carrington, titled and dated 1969 (on the reverse)
- Oil on canvas
- 31 1/4 by 31 1/4 in.
- 79 by 79 cm
- Painted in 1969.
Provenance
Mr. & Mrs. Horacio Gil Vértiz
Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Private Collection, Mexico
Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Private Collection, Mexico
Exhibited
New York, Center for Inter-American Relations; Austin, The University Art Museum, The University of Texas, Leonora Carrinton, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1975-76, no. 48, illustrated in the catalogue
Dallas, The Dallas Museum of Art, Leonora Carrington, What She Might Be, 2007-08, illustrated in color on the cover of the catalogue
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Québec, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, In Wonderland. The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, 2012-13, no. 194, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Dallas, The Dallas Museum of Art, Leonora Carrington, What She Might Be, 2007-08, illustrated in color on the cover of the catalogue
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Québec, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, In Wonderland. The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, 2012-13, no. 194, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Condition
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