Leonora Carrington
(1957)
Medium
gelatin silver photograph
Measurements
24.2 × 18.2 cm (image) 25.3 × 20.2 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bowness Family Fund for Photography, 2024
© Kati Horna, courtesy Michael Hoppen Gallery
Gallery location
Special Exhibitions Gallery
Ground Level, NGV International
About this work
Born to a Jewish family in Hungary, Kati Horna was forced to leave Europe following the rise of Nazism. She belonged to the circle of Surrealist expatriate artists in Mexico producing experimental images. In this photocollage, Horna has superimposed an image of British-born painter and writer Leonora Carrington – a close friend of hers – onto a reproduction of Hans Holbein the Younger’s 1518 painting Portrait of an unknown young man. Created on the occasion of Carrington’s birthday, the humorous merging of the photograph with the painted reproduction, coupled with the clash of genders and time periods, gives the scene a Surrealist tone.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Mexico City, Mexico
Inscription
stamped in ink on reverse c.: FOTO KATI HORNA (…illeg.)
inscribed in pencil on reverse c.: Kati Horna.
Accession Number
2024.794
Department
International Photography