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PROPERTY FROM A PRESTIGIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTION, MEXICO
REMEDIOS VARO (1908-1963)
Homo Rodans
Details
REMEDIOS VARO (1908-1963)
Homo Rodans
signed with initials 'R.V.' (lower left)
chicken, turkey, rabbit and fish bones in wood vitrine
sculpture: 16 1⁄8 x 6 5⁄8 x 2 ½ in. (41 x 16.8 x 6.5 cm.)
vitrine: 19 ¾ x 10 ½ x 12 in. (50.2 x 26.7 x 30.5 cm.)
Homo Rodans (Manuscript)
gouache and pen and brown ink on heavy paper, in eighteen parts
each: 11 ½ x 8 ¾ in. (29 x 22.2 cm.)
Executed in 1959
Homo Rodans
signed with initials 'R.V.' (lower left)
chicken, turkey, rabbit and fish bones in wood vitrine
sculpture: 16 1⁄8 x 6 5⁄8 x 2 ½ in. (41 x 16.8 x 6.5 cm.)
vitrine: 19 ¾ x 10 ½ x 12 in. (50.2 x 26.7 x 30.5 cm.)
Homo Rodans (Manuscript)
gouache and pen and brown ink on heavy paper, in eighteen parts
each: 11 ½ x 8 ¾ in. (29 x 22.2 cm.)
Executed in 1959
Provenance
Manuel and Carmen Moreno Sánchez, Mexico City (acquired from the artist).
Private collection, Mexico City.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Private collection, Mexico City.
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
J. Fernández, "Catálogos de las exposiciones de arte en 1964" in Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, 1965, p. 102, no. 5.
S. Fauchereau, Les peintres révolutionnaires, 1985, p. 113 (illustrated).
J. Kaplan, Remedios Varo: Unexpected Journeys, New York, 1988, p. 145, no. 127 (illustrated).
B. Varo, Remedios Varo: En el centro del microcosmos, Madrid, 1990, p. 157 (illustrated).
L. Andrade, "Los tiempos maravillosos y aquellos que los habitaron" in Remedios Varo: Arte y literatura, Spain, 1991, p. 47 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Mexico City, 1994, p. 179, no. 269 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Second Revised Edition, Mexico City, 1998, p. 179, no. 269 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Third Edition, Mexico City, 2002, p. 239, no. 269 (illustrated).
L. Andrade, "Remedios Varo: Sueño del nuevo mundo" in Artes de México, no. 64, 2003, p. 39 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Fourth Edition, Mexico City, 2008, p. 239, no. 269 (illustrated).
T. Arcq, et. al, Five Keys to the Secret World of Remedios Varo, Mexico City, 2008, p. 45 (illustrated).
M. Mendoza Mortero, "Una mujer en el surrealismo entre México y España" in Conflictos y cicatrices; Fronteras y migraciones en el mundo hispánico, Madrid, 2015, p. 370.
G. Minardi, "De Homo Rodans de Remedios Varo: Un diálogo lúcido entre escultura y escritura" in Guaraguao, vol. 21, no. 55, fall 2017, p. 133 (illustrated).
M. Russotto, "Presentación: Lo visible y lo invisible en el diálogo entre las artes" in Guaraguao, vol. 21, no. 55, fall 2017, p. 17.
I. Castells, ed., Remedios Varo: Cartas, sueños y otros textos, Mexico City, 2008, p. 91 (illustrated).
A. Robinson, "El humor surrealista de Remedios Varo" in La Vanguardia (www.lavanguardia.com/cultura / 20181224 / 453724140708 / remedios-varo-humor-surrealismo-exilio-mexico-museo-obra; illustrated; accessed April 2025).
R. Varo, "Three Letters" in BOMB, no. 143, spring 2018, p. 133.
M. Nonaka, Remedios Varo: The Mexican Years, Mexico City, 2020, p. 14 (illustrated).
G. Weisz Carrington, The Invisible Painting: My Memoir of Leonora Carrington, Manchester, 2021, p. 30.
V. Giraudo, "Remedios Varo: Exiliada de España, aquerenciada en México" in Diaspore, no. 17, March 2022, pp. 108 and 112.
C. Wyma, "Her Dark Materials: The Art of Remedios Varo" in Artforum, November 2023, p. 129 (illustrated in color).
M. Carson, Remedios Varo: On Homo Rodans and Other Writings, Cambridge, 2024, pp. 48-55 (illustrated, p. 48).
S. Fauchereau, Les peintres révolutionnaires, 1985, p. 113 (illustrated).
J. Kaplan, Remedios Varo: Unexpected Journeys, New York, 1988, p. 145, no. 127 (illustrated).
B. Varo, Remedios Varo: En el centro del microcosmos, Madrid, 1990, p. 157 (illustrated).
L. Andrade, "Los tiempos maravillosos y aquellos que los habitaron" in Remedios Varo: Arte y literatura, Spain, 1991, p. 47 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Mexico City, 1994, p. 179, no. 269 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Second Revised Edition, Mexico City, 1998, p. 179, no. 269 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Third Edition, Mexico City, 2002, p. 239, no. 269 (illustrated).
L. Andrade, "Remedios Varo: Sueño del nuevo mundo" in Artes de México, no. 64, 2003, p. 39 (illustrated).
R. Ovalle, et. al., Remedios Varo, Catalogue Raisonné, Fourth Edition, Mexico City, 2008, p. 239, no. 269 (illustrated).
T. Arcq, et. al, Five Keys to the Secret World of Remedios Varo, Mexico City, 2008, p. 45 (illustrated).
M. Mendoza Mortero, "Una mujer en el surrealismo entre México y España" in Conflictos y cicatrices; Fronteras y migraciones en el mundo hispánico, Madrid, 2015, p. 370.
G. Minardi, "De Homo Rodans de Remedios Varo: Un diálogo lúcido entre escultura y escritura" in Guaraguao, vol. 21, no. 55, fall 2017, p. 133 (illustrated).
M. Russotto, "Presentación: Lo visible y lo invisible en el diálogo entre las artes" in Guaraguao, vol. 21, no. 55, fall 2017, p. 17.
I. Castells, ed., Remedios Varo: Cartas, sueños y otros textos, Mexico City, 2008, p. 91 (illustrated).
A. Robinson, "El humor surrealista de Remedios Varo" in La Vanguardia (www.lavanguardia.com/cultura / 20181224 / 453724140708 / remedios-varo-humor-surrealismo-exilio-mexico-museo-obra; illustrated; accessed April 2025).
R. Varo, "Three Letters" in BOMB, no. 143, spring 2018, p. 133.
M. Nonaka, Remedios Varo: The Mexican Years, Mexico City, 2020, p. 14 (illustrated).
G. Weisz Carrington, The Invisible Painting: My Memoir of Leonora Carrington, Manchester, 2021, p. 30.
V. Giraudo, "Remedios Varo: Exiliada de España, aquerenciada en México" in Diaspore, no. 17, March 2022, pp. 108 and 112.
C. Wyma, "Her Dark Materials: The Art of Remedios Varo" in Artforum, November 2023, p. 129 (illustrated in color).
M. Carson, Remedios Varo: On Homo Rodans and Other Writings, Cambridge, 2024, pp. 48-55 (illustrated, p. 48).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, La obra de Remedios Varo, August 1964, no. 5.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Remedios Varo, 1913-1963, August 1983, no. 55.
Museo Regional de Guanajuato, Objeto-Sujeto, Arte-Objetual, October 1993 (illustrated on the cover).
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Remedios Varo, February-June 1994, p. 67 (illustrated).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Surrealism Beyond Borders, October 2021-January 2022, pp. 99 and 273, no. 84 (illustrated).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Remedios Varo: Science Fictions, July-November 2023, pp. 109, 111 and 115, no. 19A (illustrated in color).
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Remedios Varo, 1913-1963, August 1983, no. 55.
Museo Regional de Guanajuato, Objeto-Sujeto, Arte-Objetual, October 1993 (illustrated on the cover).
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Remedios Varo, February-June 1994, p. 67 (illustrated).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Surrealism Beyond Borders, October 2021-January 2022, pp. 99 and 273, no. 84 (illustrated).
The Art Institute of Chicago, Remedios Varo: Science Fictions, July-November 2023, pp. 109, 111 and 115, no. 19A (illustrated in color).
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