MEASUREMENTS:17"HX22"W FRAMED, MINT CONDITION/"in the style of"Mary Leonora Carrington OBE was a British-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. After spending a year in New York, Leduc and Carrington went to Mexico in 1942, which she grew to love and where she lived, on and off, for the rest of her life.When Carrington first came to Mexico she was preceded by the success of surrealist exhibitions which allowed her to create many connections within the surrealist movement. Her connections within these surrealist circles were influential in opening artistic doors that had long been closed to Mexican artists. After living in Mexico for seven years, Leonora Carrington held her first solo exhibition at the Galeria Clardecor. Much of the initial response from the public was very encouraging, and the press for months following published positive and approving critic reviews./Private collection, no documentation.