The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate LEONORA CARRINGTON1917-2011TUESDAY Signed Leonora Carrington and dated 23 June 1946 (lower right); inscribed Tuesday, 23 June 1946, Property of Edward James (on the reverse)Egg tempera on panel21¼ by 32¾ in.54 by 83.2 cmPainted on June 23, 1946. We are grateful to Dr. Harold Gabriel Weisz Carrington for confirming the authenticity of this work. ProvenanceEdward James, West Dean Park, Chichester, West Sussex (acquired from the artist and sold: Christie's, New York, October 6, 1988, lot 57)Acquired at the above saleLiteratureA Surreal Life: Edward James 1907 - 1984 (exhibition catalogue), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, 1998, illustrated in color p. 58Susan L. Aberth, Leonora Carrington Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, Burlington, 2004, illustrated in color p. 67ExhibitedNew York, Center for Inter-American Relations & Austin, University of Texas Austin Art Museum, Leonora Carrington A Retrospective Exhibition, 1976, no. 6, illustrated in color on the cover of the catalogueSan Francisco, The Mexican Museum, Leonora Carrington The Mexican Years 1943-1985, 1991-92, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue Catalogue Note
The Vanguard Spirit: Modern and Surrealist Masterworks from an Important Estate LEONORA CARRINGTON1917-2011TUESDAY Signed Leonora Carrington and dated 23 June 1946 (lower right); inscribed Tuesday, 23 June 1946, Property of Edward James (on the reverse)Egg tempera on panel21¼ by 32¾ in.54 by 83.2 cmPainted on June 23, 1946. We are grateful to Dr. Harold Gabriel Weisz Carrington for confirming the authenticity of this work. ProvenanceEdward James, West Dean Park, Chichester, West Sussex (acquired from the artist and sold: Christie's, New York, October 6, 1988, lot 57)Acquired at the above saleLiteratureA Surreal Life: Edward James 1907 - 1984 (exhibition catalogue), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, 1998, illustrated in color p. 58Susan L. Aberth, Leonora Carrington Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, Burlington, 2004, illustrated in color p. 67ExhibitedNew York, Center for Inter-American Relations & Austin, University of Texas Austin Art Museum, Leonora Carrington A Retrospective Exhibition, 1976, no. 6, illustrated in color on the cover of the catalogueSan Francisco, The Mexican Museum, Leonora Carrington The Mexican Years 1943-1985, 1991-92, n.n., illustrated in the catalogue Catalogue Note
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