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Wed, Dec 22, 2021 01:00PM EST
Lot 4

Leonora Carrington,"DNA"

Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000

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Leonora Carrington (British-Mexican, 1917-2011) DNA, 1969 Ink and pencil on paper image 12 1/4 x 7 3/4in (31 x 19.7cm); sheet 13 3/4 x 10in (35 x 25.4cm) Inscribed "To Teodoro/With loving affection from all of us/Love Leonora 1969" lower left and titled upper right / Framed under acrylic: 20 in x 16 in x 1 1/4 in / Provenance: Gift of the artist to Dr. Teodoro Cesarman (by repute) / Private Collection, Israel / Sotheby's, New York, Impressionist & Modern Art, Including Russian Art, 14 March 2012, Lot 62A / Acquired from the above by private collector, CA/ Bonhams, March 25th 2021, lot 117 Modern Design and Art. Los Angeles/ Acquired from above by present owner/ Dr. Salomon Grimberg has assisted in cataloguing this work. Ships from Los Angeles, CA.

Condition

Toning to edges, resultant from tape residue verso. Toning to sheet consistent with age. Five faint white spots to paper in legs of figure. Two faint 1/2 inch crescent creases in lower left corner. Lined toning verso, likely from a previous cardboard backing board. Hinged to mat in upper left and right corners with white fabric tape.

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