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L'envers d'une géographie
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Leonor Fini (1907-1996)
L'envers d'une géographie
signed 'Leonor Fini' (lower right); inscribed 'L'envers d'une géographie' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 29 1/8 in. (100 x 74 cm.)
Painted circa 1962
L'envers d'une géographie
signed 'Leonor Fini' (lower right); inscribed 'L'envers d'une géographie' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
39 3/8 x 29 1/8 in. (100 x 74 cm.)
Painted circa 1962
Provenance
Galeria Iolas, Paris.
Galerie Saqqarah, Gstaad.
Galerie Lambert Monet, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1972.
Galerie Saqqarah, Gstaad.
Galerie Lambert Monet, Geneva.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1972.
Literature
X. Gauthier, Leonor Fini, Paris, 1973, p. 117.
Mermoud-Clairefontaine (ed.), Le Livre de Leonor Fini, Lausanne, 1975, p. 79.
J.-C. Dedieu, Leonor Fini, Paris, 1978, p. 40.
P. Borgue, Leonor Fini ou le théâtre de l'imaginaire, Paris, 1983, p. 225.
Mermoud-Clairefontaine (ed.), Le Livre de Leonor Fini, Lausanne, 1975, p. 79.
J.-C. Dedieu, Leonor Fini, Paris, 1978, p. 40.
P. Borgue, Leonor Fini ou le théâtre de l'imaginaire, Paris, 1983, p. 225.
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Leonor Fini, May - June 1965, no. 5.
Turin, Galleria Galatea d'Arte Contemporanea, Leonor Fini, May 1966, no. 3.
London, Hanover Gallery, Leonor Fini, May - June 1967, no. 1.
Turin, Galleria Il Fauno, Leonor Fini, February 1970, no. 1.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Rétrospective Leonor Fini, June - August 1970, no. 28.
Turin, Galleria Galatea d'Arte Contemporanea, Leonor Fini, May 1966, no. 3.
London, Hanover Gallery, Leonor Fini, May - June 1967, no. 1.
Turin, Galleria Il Fauno, Leonor Fini, February 1970, no. 1.
Brussels, Galerie Isy Brachot, Rétrospective Leonor Fini, June - August 1970, no. 28.
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