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REMEDIOS VARO (1908-1963)
Creación con rayos astrales
signed 'R. Varo' (lower right)
oil and tempera on Masonite
26 1/2 x 16 3/4 in. (67.3 x 43 cm.)
Painted in 1955
Provenance
Private collection, Mexico City.
Galería Antonio Souza, Mexico City.
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 27 November 1984, lot 37.
Private collection, Florida.
Private collection, Mexico City.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2008.
Literature
R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo Catalogue Raisonné, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 1994, p. 258, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 112).
R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo Catalogue Raisonné Second Revised Edition, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 1998, p. 258, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 112).
R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo Catalogue Raisonné Third Edition, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 2002, p. 322, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 172).
R. Ovalle, et al., Remedios Varo Catalogue Raisonné Fourth Edition, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 2008, p. 322, n. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 172).
E. A. Hernández, "Abren su universo con Cinco Llaves," El economista, no. 1362, 2008 (illustrated on cover and p. 8 in color).
Y. Israde, "Revelan hoy inéditos de Varo en el MAM," Reforma, 2008 (illustrated in color).
V. Cirlot, Remedios Varo Constelaciones, Buenos Aires, Malba, 2020 (illustrated in color, p. XVIII).
Exhibited
Mexico City, Galería Antonio Souza, June 1958.
Lima, Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Pintura Mexicana Contemporánea de la Galería Antonio Souza, April 1961.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Five Keys to the Secret World of Remedios Varo 2008 (illustrated in color, p. 51).
Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Humlebæk, Denmark, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Fantastic Women: Surreal Worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo 13 February - 8 November 2020 (illustrated in color, p. 283).
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Post Lot Text
This painting is sold with a certificate of authenticity signed by Walter Gruen, dated 24 January 2008.