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Property from an Important Private Collection, North America

Leonora Carrington

Preliminary Sketches for Opus Siniestrus (Cannibal Feast)

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November 15, 01:19 AM GMT

Estimate

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

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Property from an Important Private Collection, North America

Leonora Carrington

1917 - 2011


Preliminary Sketches for Opus Siniestrus (Cannibal Feast) 

signed Leonora Carrington and dated 1965 (lower left) 

oil on canvas

34 ½ by 58 ¾ in. 87.9 by 149.1 cm.

Executed in 1965.


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. 


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重要北美私人收藏

利奧諾拉・卡林頓

1917 - 2011年

《〈食人族盛宴〉初步草稿》


款識:藝術家簽名 Leonora Carrington 並紀年1965(左下)

油彩畫布

34 ½ x 58 ¾ 英寸;87.9 x 149.1 公分


感謝哈羅德・加百利・薇茲・卡林頓博士為作品提供認證,亦感謝所羅門・格林伯格協助編撰圖錄。

Private Collection, United States (acquired directly from the artist) 
Acquired from the above circa 1990 by the present owner
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Leonora Carrington: Cuentos mágicos, 2018
New York, Gallery Wendi Norris Offsite, Leonora Carrington: The Story of the Last Egg, 2019