Leonora Carrington
Operation Wednesday
Found at
Bonhams,
London
The Mind's Eye / Surrealist Sale, Lot 5
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2021
The Mind's Eye / Surrealist Sale, Lot 5
25. Mar - 25. Mar 2021
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Operation Wednesday
signed and dated 'Leonora Carrington March 1969' (lower left) and extensively inscribed (to the foreground); signed, inscribed and dated 'Operation Wednesday, Dr. Fernando Ortiz Monasterio., Leonora Carrington, March 1969.' (on the reverse)
oil and tempera on board
61.1 x 45.1cm (24 1/16 x 17 3/4in).
Painted in March 1969
Dr. Fernando Ortiz Monasterio Collection, Mexico City (acquired directly from the artist). | Thence by descent from the above; their sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 2013, lot 29. | Private collection, US (acquired at the above sale).
LEONORA CARRINGTON (1917-2011)
Operation Wednesday
signed and dated 'Leonora Carrington March 1969' (lower left) and extensively inscribed (to the foreground); signed, inscribed and dated 'Operation Wednesday, Dr. Fernando Ortiz Monasterio., Leonora Carrington, March 1969.' (on the reverse)
oil and tempera on board
61.1 x 45.1cm (24 1/16 x 17 3/4in).
Painted in March 1969
Dr. Fernando Ortiz Monasterio Collection, Mexico City (acquired directly from the artist). | Thence by descent from the above; their sale, Sotheby's, New York, 28 May 2013, lot 29. | Private collection, US (acquired at the above sale).
Upper estimate price exceeded by 37 %.
The work Operation Wednesday by Leonora Carrington was auctioned at Bonhams in London in March 2021. It achieved a price of GBP 682,750.00 (€ 802,055.37), exceeding the upper end of the estimate range by 37%. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Leonora Carrington - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work The Garden of Paracelsus, which sold at auction in May last year for USD 3,256,500.00 (€ 3,034,665.92).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 37 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Operation Wednesday von Leonora Carrington kam im März 2021 bei Bonhams in London zur Auktion. Sie erzielte dabei einen Preis von GBP 682.750,00 (€ 802.055,37) und übertraf damit das obere Ende der Schätzpreisspanne um 37%. Für andere Arbeiten von Leonora Carrington mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit The Garden of Paracelsus beobachtet, die im Mai letzten Jahres für USD 3.256.500,00 (€ 3.034.665,92) versteigert wurde.
Leonora Carrington - Auction history
Other artists in this auction
