Details
REMEDIOS VARO
La Tejedora de Verona
signed R. Varo lower left--oil on masonite
33 7/8 x 41 3/8in. (86 x 105cm.)
Painted in 1956
La Tejedora de Verona
signed R. Varo lower left--oil on masonite
33 7/8 x 41 3/8in. (86 x 105cm.)
Painted in 1956
Provenance
Acquired from the artist by the previous owner
Literature
Fundación Banco Exterior, Remedios Varo, 1988, Exhibition Catalogue, pl. 86 (illustrated but not included in the exhibition)
O. Paz, R. Caillois, Remedios Varo, Mexico City, 1966, pp.13 and 14, No.11 (illustrated)
J. Kaplan, Unexpected Journeys - The Art and Life of Remedios Varo, Abbeville Press, New York, 1988, p.217, n.204 (illustrated)
Remedios Varo makes the following comment about this painting, in a letter to her brother Dr, Rodrigo Varo:
"Lo que aquí sucede es evidente: esa señora que está tejiendo punto inglés, fabrica personajes que salen volando por la ventana."
"What happens here is evident: this lady who is knitting English stitch, produces characters who go flying out the window."
O. Paz, R. Caillois, Remedios Varo, Mexico City, 1966, pp.13 and 14, No.11 (illustrated)
J. Kaplan, Unexpected Journeys - The Art and Life of Remedios Varo, Abbeville Press, New York, 1988, p.217, n.204 (illustrated)
Remedios Varo makes the following comment about this painting, in a letter to her brother Dr, Rodrigo Varo:
"Lo que aquí sucede es evidente: esa señora que está tejiendo punto inglés, fabrica personajes que salen volando por la ventana."
"What happens here is evident: this lady who is knitting English stitch, produces characters who go flying out the window."
Exhibited
Mexico City, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sept.-Dec., 1964, n.n.