Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)
El gato
Details
Leonora Carrington (1917-2011)
El gato
signed 'LEONORA CARRINGTON' (lower left) signed again and dated 'LEONORA CARRINGTON, 1951' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 x 40 in. (81.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1951.
El gato
signed 'LEONORA CARRINGTON' (lower left) signed again and dated 'LEONORA CARRINGTON, 1951' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
32 x 40 in. (81.3 x 101.6 cm.)
Painted in 1951.
Provenance
Galería Merkup, Mexico City.
Private collection, Mexico City.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 26 May 2010, lot 26.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Private collection, Mexico City.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 26 May 2010, lot 26.
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
Mexico City, Galería Arvil, Cinco mujeres: Leonora Carrington, María Izquierdo, Frida Kahlo, Alice Rahon, Remedios Varo, 28 June- 22 July 1995, no. 8.