The subjects in Leonora Carrington’s tapestries are the same as those found in her paintings. Instead of these figures being placed in a setting with other metamorphic creatures, they seem to be removed, and placed against a solid color background like a cut-out. Untitled (Griffin) presumably references a Greek mythological female minotaur, a semi-human and semi-animal figure inspired by the Dionysian thiasus, the court of the God Dyonisus, a theme which fascinated Carrington throughout her career. Carrington made very few tapestries in her career while living in Mexico in collaboration with the Rosales family.i
"They were a family of serape weavers from Chiconcuac, an Aztec village (‘seven serpents’ in Aztec): they lived here in my house for about ten years. We had a beautiful loom and we weaved tapestries. I drew large drawings that were later transferred onto the fabric. They were very good people; our association finished with the death of Ricardo, the head of the family."
—Leonora Carrington
