Bidspirit auction | SURREALIST OIL PAINTING SIGNED LEONORA

SURREALIST OIL PAINTING SIGNED LEONORA CARRINGTON - Oil on board painting, signed Leonora Carrington, British-Mexican, 1917 to 2011. the artwork depicts a mystical altar with two minotaurs. Signed in the lower left. Undated. Framed. Stamped on the backside, The Met, MoMA, Banco de Mexico. Born in Clayton Green, United Kingdom, Leonora Carrington went on to study painting in Florence, and later attended the Chelsea School of Art in London. While back in London, she was drawn into the Surreliast milieu and had a short-lived romance with older German painter Max Ernst. Abandoned by Ernst when he fled persecution to the United States, Carrington was hospitalized with a mental breakdown. After recuperating, she emigrated to Mexico, resumed painting, and became a part of the womens liberation movement. Carringtons work reflects a hallucinatory world in which myth, nightmare and the occult merge with the history of art to create an individual visual symbolic language. Collectible Modernist Fine Art, Women Artists. THIS LOT IS ELIGIBLE FOR A 30-DAY UNCONDITIONAL RETURN FROM THE DATE OF THE SALE. RETURN SHIPPING IS THE BUYER'S RESPONSIBILITY. CANCELLATIONS REQUESTED PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF WON LOTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. Dimensions Frame 18 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Image 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. All measurements are approximate Condition Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.