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Leonor Fini
Composition, Histoire d'O, Léonor Fini

1962

About the Item

Lithograph on vélin d’Arches pur chiffon paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, L'Histoire d'O, 1962. Published and printed by La Compagnie des Vibliophiles, au Cercle du Livre Précieux, Paris, 1962. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), L'Histoire d'O, preceded by an introduction by Jean Paulhan, is published at the expense of La Compagnie des Vibliophiles, au Cercle du Livre Précieux, in Paris, in 1962. It was drawn from this book: a unique examples, on grand Japon imperial, bearing the nºI, containing three original compositions by Léonor Fini and two refused plates, a black suite, a blood suite of the twelve plates out of text, bandeaux and cul-de-lampe. Three examples, on grand Japon imperial, numbers 2 to 4, and containing two original plates by the artist, two refused compositions, a suite in sangine, and a suite in black. Seven examples, on papier a la main du Moulin Richard de Bas, numbered from 5 to 11, including a plate outside the original text, a black suite, and a sangine suite, as well as a refused plate. Twenty-five examples, on Hollande van Gelder, numbered from 12 to 36, contain a black suite, a blood suite of all the boards, as well as a board refused. Three hundred and fourteen examples, on vélin d’Arches pur chiffon, numbered from 37 to 350, illustrating the twelve compositions of Leonor Fini, bandeaux and culs-de-lampe. In addition, two examples were printed on grand Japon imperial bearing the numbers O and OO, reserved for two amateurs. LEONOR FINI (1907-1996) was an Argentine-Italian surrealist painter, designer, illustrator, and author, known for her depictions of powerful and erotic women.
  • Creator:
    Leonor Fini (1908 - 1996, French)
  • Creation Year:
    1962
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 15.16 in (38.51 cm)Width: 11.22 in (28.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Auburn Hills, MI
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1465215377912

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