31-10-2024 19:00 via artnews.com

Sotheby’s Will Auction Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture in November

Sotheby’s will sell Leonora Carrington’s 1951 sculpture La Grande Dame (The Cat Woman) this November at a modern art evening sale, where it will head to auction with an estimate of $5 million to $7 million.“This is her greatest sculpture,” Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s senior vice president and head of Impressionist and modern art for the Americas, told ARTnews.La Grande Dame is made of carved and polychrome wood that has been painted with imagery alluding to a rich tapes
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