Leonora Carrington (English/Mexican B. 1917)
Leonora Carrington (English/Mexican B. 1917)

Lepidóptero (also known as To Be an Insect)

Details
Leonora Carrington (English/Mexican B. 1917)
Lepidóptero (also known as To Be an Insect)
painted wood
28 x 6½ x 6 in. (71 x 17 x 15 cm.)
Executed circa 1952.
Provenance
Marie Moorehead Carrington collection, England.
Harold Moorehead Carrington collection, England.
Stephanie Bonte Carrington collection, Isle of Man.
Literature
J. García Ponce, Leonora Carrington, Mexico City, 1974, p. 8 (illustrated).
W. Chadwick, Leonora Carrington: La realidad de la imaginación, Mexico City, 1994, no. 24 (illustrated in color).
S. L. Aberth, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art, 2004, p. 91, no. 64 (illustrated in color).

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