Leonor Fini

Lot Description Leonor Fini (1907-1996) Le voyage II signed 'Leonor Fini' (lower right) oil on canvas 18½ x 13 3/8 in. (47 x 34 cm.) Painted in 1965 Special Notice Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite"). If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium. Provenance M. Cantoni, Paris. Galerie Lambert Monet, Geneva. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1972. Pre-Lot Text THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTOR Literature J.-C. Guilbert, Le réalisme fantastique - 40 peintres européens de l'imaginaire, Paris, 1973, p. 116. Mermoud-Clairefontaine (ed.), Le Livre de Leonor Fini, Lausanne, 1975, p. 198. Exhibited Knokke-le-Zoute, Casino communal, XVIIIeme Festival belge d'été, Rétrospective Leonor Fini, July - September 1965, no. 97. View Lot Notes >

234. Leonor Fini (1908-1996) Les Descriptions Merveilleuses the portfolio, 1973, comprising ten etchings printed in colours, signed in pencil, numbered 117/220, printed by d'Art a Bourg-la-Reine, published by Editions d'Art Agori, Paris, with the title-page, text and justification, this copy signed in pencil and numbered 117 on the justification, on B.F.K. Rives paper, with full margins, the sheets loose as issued within the marble paper covered box file, the title printed on the uppers, overall size 348 x 281 mm (13 5/8 x 11 1/8 in)

LEONOR FINI La Femme Drapée d'Orange. Watercolor, pastel and charcoal on paper. 820x770 mm; 32 1/4x30 1/4 inches, sheet. Signed in brown ink, lower right recto. Argentinian born, Fini (1907-1996) spent her youth in Italy before pursuing an art career in Paris in her twenties. There she quickly became an active member of the Surrealist movement, fostering close relationships with a number of fellow artists, including Max Ernst, Giorgio de Chirico, and André Breton. Known not only for consistently exhibiting to critical acclaim but also for her flamboyant personality, Fini's emphasis on dreams, fantasy, and the deconstruction of perceived reality permeated her art as well as her life. One of Fini's most notable contributions to Surrealism is her representation of women. While fantastical, her subjects are always compelling and unapologetically in control, such as the main figure in La Femme Drapée d'Orange. Estimate $3,000-5,000

Léonor Fini (1908-1996) Colloque entre monos et una signed 'Leon Fini' (lower right) oil on paper laid down on canvas 13 3/8 x 10¼ in. (34 x 26 cm.) Painted in 1987 Acquired directly from the artist by the former owner; sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 March, 2004, lot 157. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Richard Overstreet has confirmed the authenticity of this painting. The present work is from Fini's last set of book illustrations for the complete works of Edgar Allen Poe in the translation of her favourite poet, Charles Baudelaire.

Leonor Fini (French, 1908-1996) Scène mythologique signed 'Leonor Fini' (lower right) ink and bodycolour, on red paper 15½ x 12 7/8 in. (39.3 x 32.6 cm.); Together with another pen and ink drawing by the artist: L'attaque, signed 'Leonor Fini' (lower right), 10 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. (25.5 x 27 cm.) (2) Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 21 March 2002, lot 175. J.P. Guibbert, Leonor Fini Graphique, Lausanne, 1971, (L'attaque illustrated p. 80). Richard Overstreet has confirmed the authenticity of these drawings. Scène mythologique was executed as part of a series for 'Les Fruits de la Passion'. L'attaque was a preparatory sketch for Rachilde's Monsieur Vénus