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Leonora Carrington

Nigrum

Auction Closed

May 16, 09:00 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 90,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Leonora Carrington

1917 - 2011


Nigrum 

inscribed Leonora Carrington, dated 1994 and numbered 5/6 (near the base)

bronze

height: 26 ⅜ in. 67 cm. 

Conceived and cast in 1994; this example is number 5 from an edition of 6. 


This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.


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.

Private Collection, Mexico (acquired directly from the artist) 

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Isaac Masri, Salomón Grimberg, Raquel Chamlati, et al., Libertad en bronce 2000: Leonora Carrington, Mexico City, 1999, n.p., illustrated in color

Susan Aberth, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, Hampshire, 2004, p. 128