A pencil drawing of a person wrapped in a cloak with military badges and a pointed hat standing by a doorway. A framed portrait of a woman hangs on the wall behind.

Study for “Mi generalito”

pencil on paper

18½ × 13½ inches (47 × 34.3 cm)

1959

This is a study for Remedios Varo’s 1959 painting Mi generalito

A painting of a person wrapped in a cloak with military badges and a pointed hat standing by a doorway. A framed portrait of a woman hangs on the wall behind. — Remedios Varo, Mi generalito, 1959

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