Leonora Carrington was a British-Mexican Surrealist artist and a founding member of the women’s liberation movement in Mexico. She was born in 1917 in Lancashire, England, and studied at the Chelsea School of Art. Carrington soon established herself as a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and up until her death in 2011, exhibited extensively in England, Mexico, and across the United States.
In 1936, Carrington met and began a romantic relationship with the older German painter, Max Ernst, who would have a notable influence on her work. After Ernst was arrested for “Degenerate Art,” Carrington was hospitalized with a mental breakdown in Madrid. Following her traumatic experience of shock therapy, she retreated to Mexico in 1942 and resumed painting.
Carrington was the only woman included in a major retrospective of Surrealism at the Pierre Matisse gallery in New York in 1947, where she became an overnight art world sensation. Over time she also emerged as one of the leading voices in Mexico’s suffrage movement, designing many of its rally pamphlets.
Carrington’s dreamlike paintings and prints, comprising highly detailed compositions of fantastical creatures and otherworldly settings, are based on intensely personal symbolism. However, themes of metamorphosis and magic have given her art an enduring appeal. As said by the artist, in her classic novella, The Hearing Trumpet, “Art making is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds."
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1987 Mexican Leonora Carrington Surrealist Lithograph, Signed, Numbered #93/150
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Miami, FL
1987 Mexican Leonora Carrington Surrealist Lithograph, Signed, Numbered #93/150 Offered for sale is a Surrealist lithograph by British-born artist, Leonora Carrington (1917–2011). ...
Brass
$15,000
Drue
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington (British-Mexican 1917 - 2011) was a painter, writer, and key figure in Surrealism whose work explored the sacred, the mystical, and the magical in everyday life. B...
Lithograph
Leonora Carrington, The Transparent Hen
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Miami, FL
Leonora Carrington The Transparent Hen, 1969 Watercolor and ink on paper 11 x 4 in Provenance: Private Collection, Dr. Salomon Grimberg (Gift from the artist). Private Collection, T...
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
$398
H 22 in W 26 in D 1 in
Lithograph Signed & Numbered by Listed Artist Jerome Rettich Tennis "Return"
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful colors embossed litho signed and numbered , circa 1980's listed artist Jerome Rettich nicely framed in aluminium with plexi great condition nice colors not faded mated. Gre...
Aluminum
$716Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.625 in W 12.75 in
Ernst, Composition (Spies/Leppien 222), Histoire Naturelle (after)
By Max Ernst
Located in Southampton, NY
Collotype from frottage on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Max Ernst, Histoire Naturelle, 1972. Published and printed by Verla...
Lithograph
$508
H 7.88 in W 11.82 in D 0.04 in
Signed, Numbered and Dated Limited Edition Colored Lithograph by Corneille
By Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (Corneille)
Located in Little Burstead, Essex
This example is untitled, but depicts a cat and bird with head of a woman, and is numbered 54/99 and signed and dated 1999 and is in perfect condition. The artist is Guillaume Bever...
Paper
$3,500
H 13.75 in W 21.75 in D 1 in
Joan Miro Lithograph Titled "Miro Sculptor Japan, " Signed and Numbered
By Joan Miró
Located in New York, NY
This is a Joan Miro lithograph. Titled: Miro Sculptor Japan. It was a print exclusively for Collector's Guild members. Signed in the stone. Numbered 2/1000 in pencil. Framed measures...
Paper
Dali, Femme à tete de Roses (after)
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Salvador Dali (1904-1989) Title: Femme à tete de Roses Year: 2004 Medium: Lithograph on wove paper Size: 30.25 x 22 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Unsigned and unnu...
Lithograph
Custom Framed Lithograph by Marcel Vertes, Signed and Numbered
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a beautiful custom-framed lithograph by Hungarian-born French artist, Marcel Vertes, entitled "Circus Queens". The piece is signed, Vertes, in the lower right corner and numbered, "30/50" in the lower left corner. The image itself measures 23" high x 16" wide. The frame is a 2" thick 2 toned framed, black and a subtle cerused-like grey. It was originally sold through the Vincent Price...
Wood
$1,600Sale Price|50% Off
H 29.75 in W 29 in
Flights of Fancy original lithograph by Michel Pellus 1977
By Michel Pellus 1
Located in Paonia, CO
Flights of Fancy is an original signed limited edition (060/250 ) lithograph by Michel Pellus showing a man in a top hat floating in the sky in a hot a...
Lithograph
$850
H 15 in W 18 in D 1 in
Original Mid-Century Red Farmhouse Watercolor Landscape Painting
By Thelma Fike Rodehorst
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Mid-Century Red Farmhouse Watercolor Landscape Painting Beautiful mid-century 1940's watercolor of a bucolic farmhouse scene - sunset, undul...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$300
H 38 in W 27.5 in D 0.75 in
Black & White Print of Female Nude, pencil signed and numbered 58/150
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black & White Print of Female Nude pencil signed and numbered 58/150 artist Unknown date Unknown images size: 18 3/4" x 29" "very nicely framed" mahogany frame with gold edge linen...
Paper
Ladder
By Fanny Brennan
Located in New York, NY
Created by Surrealist Fanny Brennan from 1992-96, Ladder is a lithograph in colors on wove paper. Hand-monogrammed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 250, the artwork measure...
Lithograph
Victor Vasarely Signed and Numbered Silk Screen Lithograph
By Victor Vasarely
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautiful silk screen litho is signed and numbered 209 of 250. Frame is original to period. Psychedelic patterns that emerge from early computational experiments parallel Optica...
Glass, Paper
$1,200
H 21 in W 29 in
La Corde Sensible, Surrealist Lithograph after Magritte
By (after) René Magritte
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Rene Magritte (after) Title: La Corde Sensible Medium: Lithograph, Signed in Pencil by Georgette Magritte Image Size: 16.5 x 21 inches Sheet Size: 21 ...
Lithograph
Ver las estrellas
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington (English, 1917–2011) A visionary artist, writer, and sculptor, Leonora Carrington created worlds steeped in magic, mythology, and the subconscious. Originally from...
Paper, Engraving
Crocodrilos Sueños (Crocodile Dreams II)
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington Visionary artist, writer, and sculptor Leonora Carrington (English Mexican, 1917–2011) created worlds steeped in magic, mythology, and the subconscious. Originall...
Bronze
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H 18 in W 24 in
Leonora Carrington, "Crow Soup, " color lithograph, hand signed
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Leonora Carrington "Crow Soup" 1997 Color Lithograph Image: 18 x 24 inches, Frame size: 28 x 34 inches Hand signed in the image in the right hand corner Numbered 53/95 from the editi...
Lithograph
Crookhey Hall, Surreal Lithograph by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Crookhey Hall Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 ...
Lithograph
Crookhey Hall, Surreal Silkscreen by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Limited edition lithograph by British-born Mexican artist Leonora Carrington. Carrington played a major role in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s and was a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s. Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Crookhey Hall...
Screen
Tuesday, Surreal Silkscreen by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Limited edition silkscreen by British-born Mexican artist Leonora Carrington. Carrington played a major role in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s and was a founding member of the ...
Screen
Tuesday, Surrealist Lithograph by Leonora Carrington
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Limited edition lithograph by British-born Mexican artist Leonora Carrington. Carrington played a major role in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s and was a founding member of the ...
Lithograph
The Walker
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This bronze is in the manner of Leonora Carrington, it is from the 1960s, purchased in Mexico with another sculpture by Carrington.
Bronze
The Palmist
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Surrealist bronze after Leonora Carrington, important Mexican Surraraist. 17 Inches tall
Bird Bath
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Bird Bath Year: 1974 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP...
Screen
Tuesday
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonora Carrington, Mexican/British (1917 - 2011) Title: Tuesday Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150; L Size: 25 x 36 inches
Lithograph