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Design for the Tempest

Painting of a burgundy-colored room with a small table in the center that is decorated with odd, colorful symbols and holds a boar's head and a variety of fruit. Behind the table, three mysterious figures and two horses peer out from inside a golden frame.
© 2018 Leonora Carrington / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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  • Painting of a burgundy-colored room with a small table in the center that is decorated with odd, colorful symbols and holds a boar's head and a variety of fruit. Behind the table, three mysterious figures and two horses peer out from inside a golden frame.

Date:

n.d.

Artist:

Leonora Carrington
English, 1917-2011

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Leonora Carrington

Title

Design for the Tempest

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1937–1992

Medium

Opaque watercolor with gold and silver metallic paint on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

38 × 50.7 cm (15 × 20 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Shapiro

Reference Number

1992.204

Copyright

© 2018 Leonora Carrington / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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