Cazadora de astros (La luna aprisionada)
Cazadora de astros (La luna aprisionada)
Artist
Remedios Varo
(Spanish, 1908 - 1963)
Place of OriginMexico
Date1956
Dimensions19 11/16 × 13 3/16 in. (50 × 33.5 cm)
MediumGouache, ink, and pencil on paper
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey, by exchange
Object number
2021.35
Not on View
Arreguín, José Luis, “El mundo mítico de Remedios Varo,” in Perfumes y Modas, December 1958, repr. (col.) n.p.
Fernández, Justino, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México [National Autonomous University of Mexico], 1965, p. 104.
Callois, Roger, González Juliana y Octavio Paz, Remedios Varo, Ediciones Era, 1966, repr. (col.) p. 64.
Fernández, Justino, Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1972, p. 123.
Arredondo Muñozledo, Benjamin, Historia Universal Contemporánea, Porrúa, Mexico, 1972, repr. (col.) p. 53.
Cox, Sue, Female Psychology. The Emerging Self, Chicago, Science Research Associates, 1976, repr. p. 412.
Jaguer, Édouard, Remedios Varo, Paris and Mexico, Filipacchi /Era, 1980, p. 24, repr. (col.) p. 57.
Lauter, Estela, Women as Mythmakers. Poetry and Visual Art by Twentieth-Century Women, Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Press, 1984, p. 89.
Kaplan, Janet A., Unexpected Journeys: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo, New York, Abbeville Press, 1988, p. 141, repr. (col.) p. 162.
Varo, Beatriz, “Remedios en el recuerdo,” in Remedios Varo [catalogue], Madrid, 1988, p. 60.
Hanhausen, Margarita Rosa, “Remedios Varo: la revelación del misterio en lo vidente,” in Industria, October 1988, n.p.
Art Vivant no. 32, with texts of Édouard Jaguer, Janet A. Kaplan and Remedios Varo, in Japanese, Tokyo, 1989, repr.
Nonaka, Masayo, “Remedios Varo,” in Studio Voice, Tokyo, September 1991, n.p.
Gómez, Mónica, “El retorno de Remedios Varo,” in Macropólis n. 23, August 13, 1992, repr. (col).
Morris, Brian, “El surrealismo extragaláctico de la pintora de Remedios Varo,” in Turia, cultural magazine, Teruel, España, October 1992, n. 21 and 22.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Remedios Varo: 1908-1963, Mexico, Museo de Art Moderno, 1994, repr. (col.) cat. 58.
Kaplan, Janet A., Unexpected Journeys: The Art and Life of Remedios Varo, Japanese Edition, Tokyo, Libroport, 2001, repr. (col.) cover.
Women Surrealists in Mexico, Japanese catalogue, 2003, repr. p. 109. Ovalle, Ricardo and Walter Gruen, Alberto Blanco, Teresa del Conde, Salomon Grimberg, Janet A. Kaplan, Luis-Martín Lozano, Alan J. Friedman, Juliana González, Remedios Varo - Catálogo razonado, Mexico City, Ediciones Era, 2008, cat. no. 163, repr. (col.) p. 197.
Arcq, Tere, Cinco llaves del mundo secreto de Remedios Varo, Mexico, Artes de México, 2008, repr. (col.) p. 206.
L’Anglès de Remedios Varo, Adjuntamiento d’Anglès, 2009, repr. (col.) p. 164.
Nonaka, Masayo, Remedios Varo: Los años en México, Editorial RM, first edition, 2012, repr. (col.) p. 41.
Haskell, Caitin, ed. Remedios Varo: Science Fictions, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago 2023, cat. no. 15, repr. (col.) p. 91, p.90-95.
Exhibition HistoryMexico City, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Galería Lola Álvarez Bravo, Salón Anual Frida Kahlo, 1956 [no number].Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Palacio de Bellas Artes, La obra de Remedios Varo, 1964, cat. 73.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Obra de Remedios Varo 1913/1963, 1971, reproduced in black and white, cat. 50.
Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Remedios Varo, 1913 - 1963, August - November 1983.
Madrid, Fundación Banco Exterior Castellana, Exposición Remedios Varo, November 3, 1988 - January 15, 1989, repr. (col.) cat. 32.
Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, Exposición Remedios Varo, 1989, repr. (col.) cat. 32.
Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico, Remedios Varo: 1908-1963, 1994, repr. (col.) cat. 58.
Tokyo Shimbun, Isetan Museum of Art, Remedios Varo, June 10-25, 1999.
Nagoya, Denki Bunka Kaikan, July 27 - August 15, 1999.
Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, October 21 - November 28, 1999.
Chicago, IL, Art Institute of Chicago, Remedios Varo: Science Fictions, July 29 - November 27, 2023.
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