Lot #906: LEONORA CARRINGTON [imputée] - Crocodile Dreams II (Cocodrilos Sueños II) - Bronze sculpture with turquoise patina

       

Artist: Leonora Carrington [imputée] (British/Mexican, 1917-2011).
Title: "Crocodile Dreams II (Cocodrilos Sueños II)".
Medium: Bronze sculpture with turquoise patina.
Date: Composed c1990.
Lot Note(s): Inscribed "Leonora Carrington" in the sculpture, middle left. Edition unknown, presumed small. Fine, quality casting. Very good to fine condition, the metal base in very good to fine condition. Provenance: Private collection, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Comment(s): The sculpture was probably cast from the original mold. Dimensions including base: 25 1/4" height x 5 5/8" width x 21 1/4" length (641mm x 143mm x 540mm); without the base: 15 ½” height x 3 ¼ width x 21 ¼ length (394mm x 83mm x 540mm). Weight: 19.2 lbs. (8.7 kg.). Please see the attached image of Carrington’s ‘Cocodrilos’ on display at the Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City. The sculpture was donated and sited in 2000. Image copyright © The Estate of Leonora Carrington/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30406-12-2400]