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Kati Horna — Leonora Carrington with Doll
Kati Horna

Leonora Carrington with Doll

A striking gelatin silver print by Hungarian-Mexican photographer Kati Horna, this image captures Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington alongside a doll, merging the animate and inanimate in a manner deeply resonant with Surrealist themes. Horna's masterful use of light and shadow lends the composition an eerie, dreamlike quality that reflects the close artistic and personal bonds shared among the Surrealist circle in Mexico. The photograph functions both as an intimate portrait and a carefully constructed symbolic tableau, blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination.

Medium
gelatin silver print

🔨 Auction Lot

Latin America

May 23, 2016

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Kati Horna, Leonora Carrington with Doll

A striking gelatin silver print by Hungarian-Mexican photographer Kati Horna, this image captures Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington alongside a doll, merging the animate and inanimate in a manner deeply resonant with Surrealist themes. Horna's masterful use of light and shadow lends the composition an eerie, dreamlike quality that reflects the close artistic and personal bonds shared among the Surrealist circle in Mexico. The photograph functions both as an intimate portrait and a carefully constructed symbolic tableau, blurring the boundaries between reality and imagination.

Medium
gelatin silver print
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Gelatin Silver Print, Mexican, Enigmatic, Portrait, Mid-Century, Black and White

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