Leonora Carrington

Burial of the Patriarchs

Lot Closed

May 14, 04:00 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collection, New York

Leonora Carrington

1917 - 2011

Burial of the Patriarchs

Signed Leonora Carrington (lower left); titled (upper right)

Watercolor, gouache and pen and ink on paper

10 by 14 in. (25.4 by 35.6 cm)

Framed: 13 ¼ by 17 ⅛ in. (33.7 by 43.5 cm)

Executed circa 1963.

We wish to thank Dr. Gabriel Weisz Carrington for his kind assistance in confirming the authenticity of this work.

Private Collection, New York (and sold: Christie's, New York, November 22, 2006, lot 210)
Acquired at the above sale

Whitney Chadwick, Leonora Carrington: La Realidad de la imaginación, Mexico City, 1994, no. 62, illustrated in color n.p.