What images appear in Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait: The Inn of the Dawn Horse?

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René Magritte: Time Transfixed — Surrealism A visitor to the Tate Liverpool viewing *Time Transfixed*, oil on canvas by René Magritte, 1938; during the exhibition “Rene Magritte: The Pleasure Principle,” 2011.

In her 1937–38 work Self-Portrait: The Inn of the Dawn Horse, Leonora Carrington depicts herself with a wild mane of hair. The composition includes several distinct elements that reflect her lifelong interest in animals:

A rocking horse floating behind her.
A hyena standing at her feet.
A white horse galloping away outside the window.

These images are characteristic of the Surrealist style Carrington developed during her early career, often incorporating themes of metamorphosis and personal symbolism.1