Leonor Fini
Armoire anthromorphe
Leonor Fini
Armoire anthromorpheOil on wood, 86 ½ x 57 x 12 ½ inches, 1939
Exhibited:
Galerie Drouin, Paris, 1939 Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum London, March 29-July 22, 2007; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, September 29, 2007-January 6, 2008; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, March 3-September 7, 2008; Art Gallery of Ontario, May 9-September 13, 2009.
Literature:
Ghislaine Wood. Surreal Things. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007. Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art.
Bone Branch
Corset ChairSold
Leonor Fini
Corset ChairEbonized timber, mother of pearl, and wrought iron
38 ½ x 18 x 19, 1939Exhibited:
Galerie Drouin, Paris, 1939 Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum London, March 29-July 22, 2007; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, September 29, 2007-January 6, 2008; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, March 3-September 7, 2008; Art Gallery of Ontario, May 9-September 13, 2009. Surreal Objects: Three-Dimensional Works from Dalí to Man Ray, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, February 11-May 29, 2011.
Literature:
Ghislaine Wood. Surreal Things. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007. Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art. Ingrid Pfeiffer and Max Hollein, eds. Surreal Objects: Three-Dimensional Works from Dalí to Man Ray. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2011.
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Femme costumée (femme en armure) [LF0590]
Leonor Fini
Femme costumée (Femme en armure)Oil on canvas, 13 ¾ x 10 ½ inches, 1938
Provenance:
Edward James
Literature:
Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art.
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Homme noir et femme singe
L'Alcôve
Leonor Fini
L'AlcôveOil on canvas, 28 ¾ x 38 ½ inches, 1942
Exhibited:
Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy, July 4-September 27, 2009.
Literature:
Constantin Jelenski. Leonor Fini: Peinture. Paris: Editions Mermoud Vilo, 1980. Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art. Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris. Trieste: Museo Revoltella, 2009.
L'Entracte de l'apothéose
Leonor Fini
L'entracte de l'apothéoseOil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 18 1/16 inches, 1938-39
Exhibited:
Leonor Fini: Peintre du Fantastique, Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, 1997. Exposition Leonor Fini, The Bunakmura Museum of Art, Tokyo, June 18-July 31, 2005; Daimaru Museum, Umeda, August 31-September 11, 2005; The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, September 23-November 3, 2005; Nagoya City Art Museum, November 11-December 25, 2005. Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy, July 4-September 27, 2009.
Literature:
Leonor Fini: Peintre du Fantastique. Bad Frankenhausen, Germany: Panorama Museum, 1997. Walter Schurian. Fantastic Art. New York and Cologne: Taschen, 2005. Michel Nuridsany. Exposition Leonor Fini. 2005. Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art. Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris. Trieste: Museo Revoltella, 2009.
La Peinture et L'Architecture
Leonor Fini
La Peinture et L'ArchitectureOil on panel, Each: 66 x 27 ¼ inches, 1938
Exhibited:
Galerie Drouin, Paris, 1939 Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum London, March 29-July 22, 2007; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, September 29, 2007-January 6, 2008; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, March 3-September 7, 2008; Art Gallery of Ontario, May 9-September 13, 2009.
Literature:
Ghislaine Wood. Surreal Things. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007. Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art.
Mrs. H
Self-Portrait
Leonor Fini
Self-PortraitOil on canvas, 13 ¾ x 10 ¾ inches, 1941
Exhibited:
Exposition Leonor Fini, The Bunakmura Museum of Art, Tokyo, June 18-July 31, 2005; Daimaru Museum, Umeda, August 31-September 11, 2005; The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, September 23-November 3, 2005; Nagoya City Art Museum, November 11-December 25, 2005.
Literature:
Michel Nuridsany. Exposition Leonor Fini. 2005. Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art.
Sphinx Amalburga (Sphinx Amoureux)Sold
Leonor Fini
Sphinx Amalburga (Sphinx Amoureux)Oil on canvas, 15 x 18 inches, 1941
Provenance:
Edward James
Bruno Tartaglia, Rome
Galerie Theo, MadridLiterature:
Constantin Jelenski. Leonor Fini. New York: The Olympia Press Inc., 1968. Le livre de Leonor Fini. Paris: Editions Clairefontaine, 1975. Constantin Jelenski. Leonor Fini: Peinture. Paris: Editions Mermoud Vilo, 1980. Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art.
Stanislao Lepri et Leonor Fini
Leonor Fini
Stanislao Lepri et Leonor FiniOil on canvas, 18 ½ x 14 ½ inches, c. 1945
Exhibited:
Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy, July 4-September 27, 2009.
Literature:
Peter Webb. Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. New York: The Vendome Press, 2009. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art. Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris. Trieste: Museo Revoltella, 2009.
