Provenance and Exhibition History of Selected Works

Balikci, Lara; Mandoki, Michelle

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Provenance and Exhibition History of Selected Works

Lara Balikci and Michelle Mandoki

Remedios Varo: Science Fictions

Catalogue of Selected Works

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Caitlin Haskell (Editor), Tere Arcq (Editor)

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

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Provenance and Exhibition History of Selected Works

Compiled by Lara Balikci, with additional research by Michelle Mandoki

Note: Provenance and exhibition histories are provided for artworks accompanied by essays in this volume. When no documentation is given, ownership and transfer information comes from restricted documentation at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, accessed by Tere Arcq over the course of her research. Full information for abbreviated exhibitions is found below.

Provenance is listed in chronological order, beginning with the earliest known owner. Life dates of owners, if known and significant to the transfer or inheritance of the work, are enclosed in parentheses. A semicolon is used to indicate that the work passed directly between two owners, and a period is used for indirect transfers. Ownership records are current as of March 31, 2023.

PUBLICATIONS CITED

Guaraguao 21, no. 55 (2017): 127

Impressionist and Modern Art: Evening Sale (New York: Sotheby’s, 2020)

La obra de Remedios Varo (Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Palacio de Bellas Artes, 1964)

Ricardo Ovalle and Walter Gruen, eds., Remedios Varo: Catalogue Raisonné, trans. Susan Beth Kapilian, 4th ed. (Mexico City: Ediciones Era, 2008)

Siempre!, no. 154, June 6, 1956, 26

CAT. 1

Ciencia inútil, o El alquimista (Useless Science, or The Alchemist), 1955

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Galería Diana, Mexico City, to Rosa Pascual de Alcaide (1903–2007), Mexico City, 1956; sold to Walter Gruen (1914–2008), Mexico City, 1967; given to the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 2002.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1955 (cat. 9)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 83)

Mexico City 1967b (cat. 88)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 37)

Mexico City 1971b (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1979 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 25)

Monclova, Mexico 1985 (cat. 9 [ill.])

New York; Washington, DC 1986 (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1987 (no cat.)

São Paulo 1987 (cats. 7 and 299)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 45 [ill.])

London; Stockholm; Madrid 1989 (cat. 10.45 [ill.])

Mexico City 1990 (no cat.)

Bochum, Germany 1993 (cat. 519 [ill.])

Liège, Belgium 1993 (cat. 33 [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 48 [ill.])

Mexico City 1995 (cat. 45)

Cambridge, MA; Miami; San Francisco 1998–99 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 6 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2008 (no cat.) Monterrey, Mexico 2013–14 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2018–19 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Buenos Aires 2020–21 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 3

Música solar (Solar Music), 1955

PROVENANCE

Private collection, by 1964 [Mexico City 1964].

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1955 (cat. 10)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 68)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 75)

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 10)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 17 [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 51 [ill.])

Monterrey, Mexico 2008 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 4

Armonía (Harmony), 1956

PROVENANCE

The artist; Marisole Wörner Baz (1936–2014), Mexico City, by 1964 until at least 1971 [Mexico City 1964; Mexico City 1971a]. Sold through Galería Arvil, Mexico City, to Jack Mondlak (1917–2013), New York, by 1988 [Sotheby’s 2020]; sold, Christie’s, New York, May 18, 1988, lot 26, to private collection, 1988; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, June 29, 2020, lot 1004, to Eduardo F. Costantini, Buenos Aires, 2020.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1958b (cat. 34)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 24)

Mexico City 1966a (cat. 75)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 8 [ill.])

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 4)

New York 1985 (no cat.)

New York; Washington, DC 1986 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Washington DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Chichester, England; Sainsbury, England 2010 (cat. 110 [ill.])

Los Angeles; Quebec City; Mexico City 2012–13 (cat. 147 [ill.])

Venice 2022 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 7

Creación de las aves (Creation of the Birds), 1957

PROVENANCE

The artist; commissioned by Galería Diana, Mexico City, 1957; sold to Manlio Hernández (1919–1992) and Ana María Chávez de Hernández (1930–2021), Mexico City, 1958; sold to Walter Gruen (1914–2008), Mexico City, 1986; given to the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 2002.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1958a (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 72)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 51 [ill.])

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 11 [ill.])

New York; Washington, DC 1986 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 1987 (no cat.)

São Paulo 1987 (cat. 1)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 46 [ill.])

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Madrid 1989–90 (no cat. no. [ill.])

New York; Mexico City; Monterrey, Mexico 1990–91 (cat. 28 [ill.])

Mexico City 1992 (no cat.)

Liège, Belgium 1993 (cat. 29 [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 69 [ill.])

Milwaukee; Phoenix; Denver; Washington, DC; Miami 1995–96 (cat. 35b)

Melbourne 1998 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 20 [ill.])

Washington DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2008 (no cat.)

Chichester, England; Sainsbury, England 2010 (cat. 117 [ill.])

Los Angeles; Quebec City; Mexico City 2012–13 (cat. 148 [ill.])

Monterrey, Mexico 2013–14 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Düsseldorf, Germany 2014 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2018–19 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Buenos Aires 2020–21 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Venice 2022 (no cat. no.)

CAT. 8

El juglar (El malabarista) (The Juggler [The Magician]), 1956

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Galería Diana, Mexico City, to Antonio González Guerra, 1956 [Siempre!, 1956]. Probably sold to Pedro Hurtado, Mexico City, by 1964 until at least 1971 [Mexico City 1964; Mexico City 1971]. Otto Atencio (1920–2005), New York, by 1986 [Ovalle and Gruen, 2008, 330]. Sold, Sotheby’s, New York, May 20–21, 1986, lot 36, to private collection, Monterrey, Mexico; sold through Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2018.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1956a (cat. 5)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 10)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 52)

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 10

Hallazgo (Discovery), 1956

PROVENANCE

The artist; Enriqueta Schweingruber and Alex Schweingruber (1918–1976), Switzerland and Mexico, by 1964 [La obra de Remedios Varo, 1964, cat. 131]; by descent to private collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, by 2019 [Hallazgo fact sheet, Di Donna Galleries, New York]; sold through Di Donna Galleries, New York, to private collection, 2019.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1956a (cat. 4)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 25 [ill.], Madrid only)

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 60 [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 122 [ill.])

Düsseldorf, Germany 2014 (no cat. no.)

New York 2019 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 12

El flautista (The Flutist), 1955

PROVENANCE

The artist; probably sold through Galería Diana, Mexico City, to Eva Sulzer (1902–1990), Mexico City, 1956 [Siempre!, 1956]; bequeathed to Walter Gruen (1914–2008), Mexico City, 1992; given to the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 2002.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City, 1956a (cat. 2)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 15)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 76)

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 1)

Monclova, Mexico 1985 (cat. 5)

New York; Washington, DC 1986 (no cat. no.)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 19)

New York; Monterrey, Mexico; San Antonio 1990–91 (cat. 44)

Bochum, Germany 1993 (cat. 519)

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 49 [ill.])

Milwaukee; Phoenix; Denver; Washington, DC; Miami 1995–96 (cat. 35a [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 8 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2008 (no cat.)

Los Angeles; Quebec City; Mexico City 2012–13 (cat. 4 [ill.])

Monterrey, Mexico 2013–14 (no cat. no. [ill.])

São Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Brasília 2015–16 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2018–19 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Buenos Aires 2020–21 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 13

Nave astral (Starship), 1960

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City, to Gonzalo Alonso (c. 1912–1964), 1961; by descent to Cristina Fernández de la Reguera (c. 1915–1981), Mexico City, by 1964 [Mexico City 1964]; sold through Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City, to Walter Gruen (1914–2008), Mexico City, 1966; given to the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 2002.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 2)

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 42)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 50)

Mexico City 1999 (cat. 32 [ill.])

Mexico City 2018–19 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Buenos Aires 2020–21 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 15

Cazadora de astros (Star Catcher), 1956

PROVENANCE

The artist; Manuel Pedroso (1883–1958), Mexico City, 1956 [Ovalle and Gruen, 2008, 333]. Agustín Guevara Alas, Mexico City and Querétaro, Mexico, by 1964 until at least 1999 [Mexico City 1964; Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999]; by descent to private collection, Mexico City, until 2015; by descent to private collection, Mexico City, 2015; sold through Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, to the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, 2021.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1956b (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 73)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 50 [ill.])

Mexico City 1983 (not in cat.)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 32 [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 58 [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 17 [ill.])

CAT. 16

Nacer de nuevo (To Be Reborn), 1960

PROVENANCE

Olga González de Kabela, Mexico City, by 1964 until at least 1971 [Mexico City 1964; Mexico City 1971a]. Marcela Ibáñez de Moya Palencia, Mexico City, after 1971 [Ovalle and Gruen, 2008, 361]. Private collection, United Kingdom, before 2021 [email correspondence with Rowland Weinstein, Aug. 18, 2022]. Rowland Weinstein, San Francisco, 2021.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 86)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 57 [ill.])

Mexico City 1983 (not in cat.)

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 130 [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 37 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 17

Exploración de las fuentes del río Orinoco (Exploration of the Sources of the Orinoco River), 1959

PROVENANCE

Probably Antonio Souza (1928–1989), Mexico City, by 1961 [Lima 1961; Ovalle and Gruen, 2008, 353]. José Luis Martínez (1918–2007), Mexico City and Paris, by 1964 [La obra de Remedios Varo, 1964, cat. 133]; by descent to private collection, 2007; sold, Christie’s, New York, Nov. 19, 2007, lot 15, to private collection.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Lima 1961 (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 47)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 54 [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 109 [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 32 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Chicago 2015–16 (no cat.)

New York 2019 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CATS. 19A–B

Homo Rodans, 1959

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Juan Martín’s bookstore, Mexico City, to Carmen Toscano de Moreno Sánchez (1910–1988) and Manuel Moreno Sánchez (1908–1993), Mexico City, by 1964 [Mexico City 1964; Ovalle and Gruen, 2008, 358; letter from Remedios Varo to her mother, 1959, published in Giovanna Minardi, “‘De Homo Rodans’ de Remedios Varo: Un diálogo lúdico y lúcido entre escultura y escritura.” Guaraguao (2017) sold, Christie’s, New York, Nov. 21, 1988, lot 55, to private collection.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 5)

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 55)

Guanajuato, Mexico 1993 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cats. 105 and 112 [ill.])

Mexico City 2000 (cat. 269 [ill.])

Mexico City 2008 (no cat.)

New York; London 2021–22 (cats. 84 and 85 [ill.], New York only)

CAT. 20

Vagabundo (Vagabond), 1957

PROVENANCE

The artist; Manuel Martínez Báez (c. 1895–1987), Mexico City, by 1964 [Mexico City 1964]; by descent to Aurora Palomo, Mexico City, 1987; sold to Walter Gruen (1914–2008), Mexico City, 1987; given to the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 2002.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 33 [ill.])

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 64)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 44)

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 85 [ill.])

Milwaukee; Phoenix; Denver; Washington, DC; Miami 1995–96 (cat. 35c)

Mexico City 1996–97 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Washington, DC 1997–98 (no cat. no. (ill)

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 22 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2008 (no cat.)

Mexico City 2018–19 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Buenos Aires 2020–21 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 22

Mujer saliendo del psicoanalista (Podría ser Juliana) (Woman Leaving the Psychoanalyst [Could Be Juliana]), 1960

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City, to Eugenio Villanueva (c. 1916–1970), Mexico City, by 1961 [Mexico City 1961]; sold to Walter Gruen (1914–2008), Mexico City, 1964; given to the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 2002.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1961 (cat. 88 [ill.])

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 13)

Mexico City 1966b (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 1967a (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 47)

Mexico City 1971b (cat. 143 [ill.])

Mexico City 1972 (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 45)

Monclova, Mexico 1985 (cat. 14 [ill.])

New York; Washington, DC 1986 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 1987 (no cat.)

Lausanne, Switzerland 1987–88 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 68 [ill.])

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Madrid 1989–90 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 1992 (no cat.)

Bochum, Germany 1993 (cat. 520)

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 133 [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 38 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

London; New York 2001–2 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2008 (no cat.)

Los Angeles; Quebec City; Mexico City 2012–13 (cat. 60 [ill.])

São Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Brasília 2015–16 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2018–19 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Buenos Aires 2020–21 (no cat. no. [ill.])

CAT. 24

Hacia la torre (Toward the Tower), 1960

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City, probably to Raúl Martínez Ostos, Mexico City, by 1964 [Mexico City 1964; Ovalle and Gruen, 2008, 364]. Sold, Christie’s, New York, May 1, 1990, lot 23, to Lorenzo H. Zambrano (1944–2014), Monterrey, Mexico; sold, Sotheby’s, New York, Nov. 24, 2014, lot 26, to private collection.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1962 (no cat.)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 19 [ill.])

Monterrey, Mexico 1993–94 (cat. 67 [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 126 [ill.])

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 42 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Monterrey, Mexico 2008 (no cat. no. [ill.])

New York; London 2021–22 (cat. 86 [ill.])

CAT. 25

Bordando el manto terrestre (Embroidering the Earth’s Mantle), 1961

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City, to German García García (1914–2000) and Adela Barnes González (1908–2011), Mexico City, by 1964 [Mexico City 1964]; by descent to private collection, Mexico City, by 2018; sold through Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, to private collection, 2018.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1962 (no cat.)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 20 [ill.])

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 31)

Mexico City 1983 (cat. 9)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 66 [ill.])

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 138 [ill.])

San Francisco 2012 (cat. 14 [ill.])

New York; London 2021–22 (cat. 87 [ill.])

CAT. 26

La huida (The Escape), 1961

PROVENANCE

The artist; sold through Galería Juan Martín, Mexico City, to Philippe Chancellor, Mexico City, by 1962 until at least 1967 [Mexico City 1964; Mexico City 1967a]. Cecilia Arzac Davis, Mexico City, by 1971 [Mexico City 1971a]; sold to Walter Gruen (1914–2008), Mexico City, 1984; given to the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, 1993.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

Mexico City 1962 (no cat.)

Mexico City 1964 (cat. 21 [ill.])

Mexico City 1967a (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1971a (cat. 26)

Monclova, Mexico 1985 (cat. 21 [ill.])

New York; Washington, DC 1986 (no cat. no.)

Mexico City 1987 (no cat.)

São Paulo 1987 (cat. 10)

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89 (cat. 76 [ill.])

New York; Monterrey, Mexico; San Antonio 1990–91 (cat. 45)

Mexico City 1992 (no cat.)

Mexico City 1994 (cat. 139 [ill.])

Milwaukee; Phoenix; Denver; Washington, DC; Miami 1995–96 (cat. 35d)

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999 (cat. 43 [ill.])

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Mexico City 2008 (no cat.)

Los Angeles; Quebec City; Mexico City 2012–13 (cat. 51 [ill.])

Mexico City 2018–19 (no cat. no. [ill.])

Buenos Aires 2020–21 (no cat. no. [ill.])

New York; London 2021–22 (cat. 88 [ill.])

REFERENCED EXHIBITIONS

Mexico City 1955: Mexico City, Galería Diana, 6 pintoras [6 Painters], July 28–Aug. 15, 1955

Mexico City 1956a: Mexico City, Galería Diana, Remedios Varo en Galerías Diana [Remedios Varo in Galería Diana], Apr. 25–May 15, 1956

Mexico City 1956b: Mexico City, Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Salón anual Frida Kahlo [Annual Frida Kahlo Salon], July 1956 (organized by Lola Álvarez Bravo)

Mexico City 1958a: Mexico City, Galería Proteo, Bienal bis [Biennale bis], June 1958

Mexico City 1958b: Mexico City, Galerías Excélsior, Primer salón de la plástica femenina [First Salon of Female Art], Oct. 1958 (organized by Francisco and Alicia Zendejas)

Lima 1961: Lima, Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Pintura mexicana contemporánea de la Galería Antonio Souza [Contemporary Mexican Painting from the Antonio Souza Gallery], Apr. 1961

Mexico City 1961: Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno (now Museo de Arte Moderno), formerly in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, El retrato mexicano contemporáneo [The Contemporary Mexican Portrait], Aug. 1961 (organized by Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura [INBA])

Mexico City 1962: Mexico City, Galería Juan Martín, Óleos recientes de Remedios Varo [Recent Oil Paintings by Remedios Varo], June 14, 1962, no cat.

Mexico City 1964: Mexico City, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno (now Museo de Arte Moderno), formerly in the Palacio de Bellas Artes, La obra de Remedios Varo [The Work of Remedios Varo], Aug. 3–31, 1964

Mexico City 1966a: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Autorretrato y obra a partir de la Revolución [Self-Portrait and Work from the Revolution], Jan. 24–Aug. 24, 1966

Mexico City 1966b: Mexico City, Ciudad Universitaria, Pintura mexicana de hoy [Mexican Painting Today], Sept. 1966 (organized by Facultad de Química, Ciudad Universitaria, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México [UNAM])

Mexico City 1967a: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Frida Kahlo acompañada de siete pintoras: María Izquierdo, Cordelia Urueta, Olga Costa, Remedios Varo, Alice Rahon, Leonora Carrington, y Sofia Bassi [Frida Kahlo Accompanied by Seven Painters: María Izquierdo, Cordelia Urueta, Olga Costa, Remedios Varo, Alice Rahon, Leonora Carrington, and Sofia Bassi], July 1967 (organized by INBA)

Mexico City 1967b: Mexico City, Galería Universitaria Aristos, Surrealismo y arte fantástico en México [Surrealism and Fantastic Art in Mexico], July 1967 (organized by UNAM)

Mexico City 1971a: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Obra de Remedios Varo: 1913–1963 [Work of Remedios Varo: 1913–1963], Oct. 21–Nov. 21, 1971

Mexico City 1971b: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Surrealismo y arte fantástico [Surrealism and Fantastic Art], Nov. 1971 (organized by V. Congreso Mundial de Psiquiatría)

Mexico City 1972: Mexico City, Sala Nabor Carrillo, El artista como modelo [The Artist as Model], Apr. 1972 (organized by Instituto Mexicano Norteamericano de Relaciones Culturales)

Mexico City 1979: Mexico City, Museo de San Carlos (now Museo Nacional de San Carlos), Obra impresa del exilio español en México: 1939/1979 [Printed Work of the Spanish Exile in Mexico: 1939/1979], Nov. 13–24, 1979 (organized by INBA)

Mexico City 1983: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Remedios Varo: 1913–1963, Aug. 25–Nov. 1983

New York 1985: New York, Jeffrey Hoffeld and Co. Gallery, Women Surrealists: A Selection of Works from 1930–1950, Apr.–June 1985, no cat.

Monclova, Mexico 1985: Monclova, Mexico, Museo Biblioteca Pape, Consejos y recetas de Remedios Varo [Advice and Recipes from Remedios Varo], Dec. 7, 1985

New York; Washington, DC 1986: New York Academy of Sciences, Science in Surrealism: The Art of Remedios Varo, May 20–July 18, 1986; Washington, DC, National Academy of Sciences, Sept. 17–Nov. 21, 1986

Mexico City 1987: Mexico City, Museo Carrillo Gil (now Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil), Remedios Varo, Feb. 25, 1987, no cat.

São Paulo 1987: São Paulo, Pavilhão Eng. Armando de Arruda Pereira, 19a Bienal de São Paulo [19th São Paulo Biennial], Oct. 2–Dec. 13, 1987 (organized by Fundação Bienal de São Paulo)

Lausanne, Switzerland 1987–88: Lausanne, Switzerland, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, La femme et le Surréalisme [Women and Surrealism], Nov. 21, 1987–Feb. 28, 1988

Madrid; Monterrey, Mexico 1988–89: Madrid, Fundación Banco Exterior, Remedios Varo, Nov. 3 1988–Jan. 1989; Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Monterrey, Feb. 16–Apr. 16, 1989

London; Stockholm; Madrid 1989: London, Hayward Gallery, Art in Latin America: The Modern Era, 1820–1980, May 18–Aug. 6, 1989 (organized by the South Bank Centre/Christie’s); Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Sept. 1989 (organized by the National Swedish Art Museum); Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, as Arte en Iberoamérica: 1820–1980, Dec. 1989 (organized by the Ministerio de Cultura)

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Madrid 1989–90: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, El surrealismo entre viejo y nuevo mundo [Surrealism between the Old and New World], Dec. 4, 1989–Feb. 4, 1990; Madrid, Fundación Cultural MAPFRE Vida (now Fundación MAPFRE), Mar. 6–Apr. 22, 1990

New York; Mexico City; Monterrey, Mexico 1990–91: New York, National Academy of Design, Women in Mexico, Sept.–Dec. 1990; Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, as La mujer en México, Jan.–Mar. 1991; Museo de Monterrey, Apr.–June 1991 (organized by the Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo)

New York; Monterrey, Mexico; San Antonio 1990–91: New York, IBM Gallery of Science and Art, Mexican Painting: 1950–1980, Oct. 2–Nov. 24, 1990 (organized by CNA/INBA/IBM); Museo de Monterrey, Pintura mexicana: 1950–1980, Feb. 1991; San Antonio, Instituto Cultural de México (now Mexican Cultural Institute), Apr. 1991

Mexico City 1990: Mexico City, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, Exposición paralela a “Los Dalís de Dalí” [Parallel Exhibition to “Dalí’s Dalís”], Nov. 1990, no cat.

Mexico City 1992: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Nuevo Acervo: 1990–1992 [New Collection: 1990–1992], Dec. 1992 (organized by INBA), no cat.

Bochum, Germany 1993: Museum Bochum, Lateinamerika und der Surrealismus [Latin America and Surrealism], May 22–July 18, 1993

Liège, Belgium 1993: Liège, Belgium, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Regards des femmes [Views of Women], Oct. 15–Dec. 1, 1993 (organized by Festival Europalia)

Guanajuato, Mexico 1993: Museo Regional de Guanajuato Alhóndiga de Granaditas, Objecto-sujeto, arte-objectual [Object-subject, Art-object], Oct. 1993 (organized by FIC/Curare)

Monterrey, Mexico 1993–94: Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, MARCO/Banco Mexicano, Cien pintores Mexicanos [One Hundred Mexican Painters], Oct. 1993–Apr. 1994 (organized by Luis Carlos Emerich)

Mexico City 1994: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Remedios Varo: 1908–1963, Feb. 25–June 5, 1994, extended to June 26 (organized by INBA)

Milwaukee; Phoenix; Denver; Washington, DC; Miami 1995–96: Milwaukee Art Museum, Latin American Women Artists: 1915–1995 (Artistas Latinoamericanas: 1915–1995), Mar. 3–May 28, 1995; Phoenix Art Museum, July 7–Oct. 1, 1995; Denver Art Museum and Museo de las Americas, Oct. 28, 1995–Jan. 14, 1996; Washington, DC, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Feb. 8–Apr. 29, 1996; Center for the Fine Arts (now Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County), June 14–Aug. 25, 1996

Mexico City 1995: Mexico City, Galería Arvil, Cinco mujeres: Leonora Carrington, María Izquierdo, Frida Kahlo, Alice Rahon, Remedios Varo [Five Women: Leonora Carrington, María Izquierdo, Frida Kahlo, Alice Rahon, Remedios Varo], June 28–July 22, 1995

Mexico City 1996–97: Mexico City, Galería Metropolitana, 50 mujeres en la plástica de México [50 Women in the Art of Mexico], 1996–1997 (organized by UNAM)

Washington, DC 1997–98: Washington, DC, National Museum of Women in the Arts Library and Research Center, Artists on the Road: Travel as Source of Inspiration, Oct. 27, 1997–May 23, 1998

Cambridge, MA; Miami; San Francisco 1998–99: Cambridge, MA, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Mirror Images: Women, Surrealism, and Self-Representation, Apr. 9–June 28, 1998; Miami Art Museum (now Jorge M. Pérez Art Museum of Miami-Dade County), Sept. 18–Nov. 29, 1998; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Jan. 28–Apr. 20, 1999

Melbourne 1998: Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria, Beyond Belief: Modern Art and the Religious Imagination, Apr. 24–July 26, 1998

Madrid 1999: Madrid, Fundación Cultural MAPFRE Vida (now Fundación MAPFRE), El Surrealismo entre viejo y nuevo mundo [Surrealism between the Old and New World], Mar. 1999

Tokyo; Nagoya, Japan; Kamakura, Japan 1999: Tokyo, Isetan Museum of Art, Remedios Varo, June 10–25, 1999 (organized by Tokyo Shimbun); Nagoya, Japan, Denki Bunka Kaikan, July 27–Aug. 15, 1999 (organized by Chunichi Shimbun, Tokai Television Broadcasting Co., and Chuden Bldg. Co.); Kamakura, Japan, Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 21–Nov. 28, 1999 (organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Mexico, Instituto Mexicano de Cooperación Internacional Embajada de México, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico)

Mexico City 1999: Mexico City, Museo de San Carlos (now Museo Nacional de San Carlos), [60] Aniversario del exilio Español, 1939–1999: Obra plástica [(60) Anniversary of the Spanish Exile, 1939–1999: Fine Art], Sept.–Oct. 1999

Washington, DC; Chicago 2000: Washington, DC, National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Magic of Remedios Varo, Feb. 9–May 29, 2000; Chicago, National Museum of Mexican Art, June 16–Aug. 20, 2000

Mexico City 2000: Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Cien años de escultura mexicana [One Hundred Years of Mexican Sculpture], Mar. 31–July 2, 2000

London; New York 2001–3: London, Tate Modern, Surrealism: Desire Unbound, Sept. 20, 2001–Jan. 1, 2002; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Feb. 6–May 12, 2002

Monterrey, Mexico 2008: Monterrey, Mexico, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Historia de mujeres: Artistas en México del siglo XX [History of Women: Artists in Mexico of the 20th Century], 2008

Mexico City 2008: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Remedios Varo: Cinco llaves [Remedios Varo: Five Keys], May 22 to Aug. 24, 2008, no cat.

Chichester, England; Sainsbury, England 2010: Chichester, England, Pallant Art Gallery, Surreal Friends: Leonora Carrington, Remedios Varo and Kati Horna, June 19–Sept. 12, 2010; Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Sept. 28–Dec. 12, 2010

San Francisco 2013: San Francisco, Frey Norris Contemporary and Modern, Indelible Fables: Remedios Varo, Jan. 7–Feb. 25, 2012

Los Angeles; Quebec City; Mexico City 2013–13: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States, Jan. 29–May 6, 2012; Quebec City, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, June 7–Sept. 3, 2012; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sept. 27, 2012–Jan. 13, 2013

Monterrey, Mexico 2013–14: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, La danza de los espectros [The Dance of the Ghosts], Nov. 8, 2013–Mar. 23, 2014

Düsseldorf, Germany 2014: Düsseldorf, Germany, Museum Kunstpalast, Kunst und Alchemie: Das Geheimnis der Verwandlung [Art and Alchemy: The Mystery of Transformation], Apr. 5–Aug.10, 2014

São Paulo; Rio de Janeiro; Brasília 2015–16: São Paulo, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Frida Kahlo: Conexōes entre mulheres surrealistas no México [Frida Kahlo: Connections between Surrealist Women in Mexico], Sept. 27, 2015–Jan. 10, 2016; Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 30–Mar. 27, 2016; Caixa Cultura Brasília, Apr.13–June 5, 2016

Chicago 2015–16: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Surrealism: The Conjured Life, Nov. 21, 2015–June 5, 2016, no cat.

Mexico City 2018–19: Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Adictos a Remedios Varo: Nuevo legado 2018 [Addicted to Remedios Varo: New Legacy 2018], Oct. 19, 2018–Feb. 1, 2019 (organized by Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura [now INBAL]/Secretaría de Cultura)

New York 2019: New York, Di Donna Galleries, Surrealism in Mexico, Apr. 26–June 28, 2019

Buenos Aires 2020–21: Buenos Aires, Malba, Remedios Varo Constellations, Mar. 6, 2020–Feb. 15, 2021 (co-organized by Malba and the Museo de Arte Moderno with INBAL/Secretaría de Cultura)

New York; London 2021–22: New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Surrealism Beyond Borders, Oct. 11, 2021–Jan. 30, 2022; London, Tate Modern, Feb. 24–Aug. 29, 2022

Venice 2022: Venice Biennial, The Milk of Dreams, Apr. 23–Nov. 27, 2022

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