Remedios Varo, 1957
Portrait of Dr. Ignacio Chávez
Varo described this painting to her brother, Dr. Rodrigo Varo, saying: “This is the painting I did for Dr. Chavez. The person in the crystalloid cave is the doctor himself (I used his most distinctive features, but it was not my intention to paint an actual portrait). I dressed him in somewhat priestly garb to suggest that his profession is perhaps a kind of priesthood. He is holding a key in his hand. read more









