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Jacques and Natasha Gelman: Collecting Modern Mexico

Leonora Carrington

Phoenix Rides Beetle

Auction Closed

November 19, 11:13 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 400,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Jacques and Natasha Gelman: Collecting Modern Mexico

Leonora Carrington

 1917 - 2011


Phoenix Rides Beetle

signed Leonora Carrington, titled and dated 1951 (on the reverse)

oil, tempera and gold leaf on panel

17 ⅞ by 15 in.

45.4 by 38.1 cm.

Executed in 1951.


We are grateful to Dr. Harold Gabriel Weisz Carrington for confirming the authenticity of this work.

Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City

Mauren Moorehead Carrington, England

Patrick Carrington, England

Private Collection, Isle of Man

Vergel Foundation, Delaware (acquired from the above circa 2003)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Whitney Chadwick, Leonora Carrington: La realidad de la imaginación, Mexico City, 1994, no. 28, n.p., illustrated in color; p. 162

Paris, Galerie Pierre, Leonora Carrington, 1952

London, Serpentine Gallery; Preston, Harris Museum and Bristol, Arnolfini, Leonora Carrington Paintings, Drawings and Sculptures, 1940-1990, 1991-92, no. 25, pp. 32 and 110