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Leonor Fini
Sexy Cat - Nude Unicorn Cat Woman - Chat Surrealiste

1940s - 1970

About the Item

Leonor Fini creates a hybrid cat-woman-unicorn that is sexy and alluring. Signed lower right. Gouache and pen and ink on paper on heavy textured paper. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Richard Overstreet, ayant droit of Leonor Fini. Provenance: Sotheby's, Christie's. Work is framed and presents quite well in person. Leonor Fini’s mid-century paintings feature dreamlike scenes in which dominant women and passive men undercut traditional notions of sex and gender. Nude or heavily costumed, Fini’s characters embrace humor, eroticism, and mythological symbolism. The Argentine-born, Italian-raised artist was a friend and contemporary of key members of the Surrealist movement and featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s groundbreaking “Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism” exhibition in 1936. While her works embrace strangeness and the uncanny, Fini refused to label herself a Surrealist due to the group’s misogynist element. Her work has been exhibited in New York, Rome, Paris, and London, and she participated in the Venice Biennale and São Paulo Biennial on multiple occasions. Today, her work sells for six figures on the secondary market and belongs to the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Georges Pompidou, among other institutions. Along with her maximalist paintings, Fini is also known for her delicate drawings.
  • Creator:
    Leonor Fini (1908 - 1996, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1940s - 1970
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    some light scatted foxing otherwise presents quite well in person.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU385312795592
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