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Leonor Fini
Portrait de Femme ( Self Portrait ? )

1946 - 1949

About the Item

This is a possible self portrait by the famed female surrealist artist. It is also strikingly similar in style with it's exaggerated eyes to her portrait of Jean Genet, ( Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski) this is an introspective study of a wide-eyed beauty. Fini deliberately accentuates and expands the size of her eyes evoking a surreal quality and making a physically small painting look much larger. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was raised in Trieste, Italy, She moved to Milan at the age of 17, and then to Paris, in either 1931 or 1932. There, she became acquainted with Carlo Carrà Gandiorgio de Chirico a, who inspired much of her work. She also came to knowmul Éluard, Max Ernst, Georges Bataille, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Picasso, André Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Salvador Dalí. Provenance: Jerry Solomon Art Center Sotheby's , Heritage Auctions, Indistinctly signed lower right
  • Creator:
    Leonor Fini (1908 - 1996, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1946 - 1949
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)Width: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    some light craquelure through out visible mostly on close inspection.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38536398872
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