Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the oil painting by Remedios Varo that will be offered in Christie’s The Art of the Surreal Evening sale, on 28 February 2023, lot 103.
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Doctor Ignacio Chávez
Details
REMEDIOS VARO (1908-1963)
Doctor Ignacio Chávez
pencil on tracing paper laid down on paper
33 1/2 x 25 1/8 in. (86.5 x 66 cm.)
Executed circa 1957
Doctor Ignacio Chávez
pencil on tracing paper laid down on paper
33 1/2 x 25 1/8 in. (86.5 x 66 cm.)
Executed circa 1957
Provenance
Private collection, Mexico.
Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco.
Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.
Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco.
Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Further Details
We are grateful to Dr. Salomon Grimberg for his assistance cataloguing this work.
Brought to you by
Imogen Kerr
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-head of 20th Century Evening Sale