Which 1938 painting by Leonora Carrington is titled Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)?

Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse) was painted around 1937–1938.

The work presents Carrington seated in a room beside a rearing hyena, while a white rocking horse appears behind her. The horse and hyena connect the human figure to animal identities and dreamlike transformation. Carrington’s direct gaze gives the painting the structure of a self-portrait, but the setting resists ordinary realism.

Carrington adopted the title Inn of the Dawn Horse from a story she wrote. The image reflects her close identification with horses, which appeared repeatedly in her paintings, stories, and personal mythology. Her work combined Surrealist ideas with folklore, Celtic imagery, and an independent interest in metamorphosis.

The painting is sometimes simply called Self-Portrait, but its full title distinguishes it from other self-portraits. The accepted dating is 1937–1938 rather than a single securely documented year.