Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
French, 1908-1996
Leonor Fini was the life of the party during the French Surrealist movement. A socialite with connections to some of the movement's biggest names, Fini was also an astoundingly gifted artist in her own right. In fact, many consider her to be the most fiercely independent female artist of the 20th century. A theatrical personality, Fini created prints, paintings and drawings that are widely revered for their sensuous qualities and raw energy.
Fini's life started off in a dramatic fashion, which was perhaps a portent of things to come. She was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1907, but her parents separated soon after and her mother took her away to Trieste, Italy. Due to her father's attempts to kidnap her, Fini was often dressed as a boy throughout her childhood.
Fini was surrounded by artistic women in Trieste, and she naturally developed a love for art as well. By the time she was 17, she had become familiar with Renaissance art and Mannerist painting and was exhibiting her own portraits. In 1931, at just 24 years of age, Fini moved to Paris and became acquainted with influential artists Giorgio de Chirico and Carlos Carrà. She also met and started a romantic relationship with Surrealist pioneer Max Ernst, who introduced her to others in the movement.
Though she had no formal art education, Fini proved herself to be both technically masterful and creatively exceptional. Her work and her flamboyant personality attracted the attention of many of the 20th century's most celebrated artists and thinkers, including Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, Albert Camus and Jean Genet, just to name a very few. She exhibited her work in many Parisian art galleries, including the gallery of Christian Dior before the fashion icon became a designer.
In the 1950s, Fini continued painting while immersing herself in other artistic and dramatic endeavors, including theater costume and mask design. She also designed posters for the Paris Opera and wardrobes for movies.
Fini continued living and painting in Paris for the rest of her life. She died in 1996.
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Artist: Leonor Fini
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré de lithographies originales ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini, from La Grande Parade des Chats, hand signed color lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Leonor Fini
Untitled from La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats)
Color lithograph on Arches paper
Hand signed in pencil by the artist
numbered 204/230
Published b...
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1970s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare print on paper)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Leonor Fini, Rogomelec (rare original print on Rives paper)
Texte : Rare lithograph on Rives paper, handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and ins...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Autumn afternoons - Hand-signed numbered lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Pendant les après-midi d'automne, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Condition: Excellent condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
La Vent
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Mutants - Hand-signed and numbered lithograph by Leonor Fini, Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Mutants, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Condition: Excellent condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Du fil à retordre - Hand-signed numbered lithograph Leonor Fini Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Du fil à retordre, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Condition: Excellent condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré de lithographies originales ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
La Mort
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Ma fortune - Hand-signed numbered lithograph by Leonor Fini, Surrealist, 1975
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Ma fortune, 1975
Colored etching on Arches paper
11 × 15 in 28 × 38 cm
Limited edition of 185
Condition: Excellent condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré de lithographies originales ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini, Visage (June Fille II) Signed EA lithograph 1973
By Leonor Fini
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Leonor Fini
Title: Visage (June Fille II)
Year: 1973
Medium: Lithograph in colors
Edition: EA
Signed and numbered E.A (Artist proof) in pencil
Size: 21.5 x 18.25
Condition: ...
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1970s Contemporary Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Pkropopoï (Hand-colored)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink, Etching
Mélika (Hand-colored)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Leonor Fini, original lithograph from Satiricon, 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare lithograph by surrealist artist Leonor Fini. This signed print is in perfect condition and from a very searched series untitled Satyricon and dealing with Antique Rome and its f...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Face and Flowers
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Leonor Fini, Sphinx Ariene, rare handsigned print
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. It depicts a mytholog...
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Ileria
By Leonor Fini
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ileria" 1972 is an original color lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted Italian/Argentinian artist Leonor Fini, 1907-1996. It is signed and numbered E....
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Romeo and Juliet - Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, IDF
Leonor FINI (1908-1996)
Romeo and Juliet, 1980
Lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On Vellum 43 x 36 cm (c. 16.92 x 14.1 in)
Excellent condition
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1980s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Nude by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Houston, TX
Etching of a female nude figure by artist Leonor Fini (1908-1996), circa 1960. Signed in pencil lower right.
Original vintage work of art on paper displayed on a white mat with a g...
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1950s Other Art Style Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Paper
Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Untitled (Mirror)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Mirror)
1976
Serigraph
Ed. Edition of 175
25.75 x 20.5 inches
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Cat Duo
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Duo
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare original lithograph on paper, circa 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. It depicts a beautiful feminine figu...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Composition, Histoire d'O, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini, rare original serigraph on Rives paper, circa 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This silkscreen is in perfect condition and from a ver...
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré de lithographies originales ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini, Sphinx with veil (rare lithograph on Japon paper)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare lithograph handsigned and numered by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, now rediscovered and inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Sclaclaviol (Hand-colored)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Games Of Masks - Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, IDF
Leonor FINI (1908-1996)
Games Of Masks, 1980
Lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On Vellum 43 x 36 cm (c. 16.92 x 14.1 in)
Excellent condition
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1980s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Figure in Doorway, Surrealist Etching by Leonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Long Island City, NY
Leonor Fini, Argentine/French (1918 - 1996) - Figure in Doorway, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 207/220, Image Size: 7.5 x 5.25 inches, Size: 12.5 x 10 in. ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Les Femmes
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered
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20th Century Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Beheaded
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Archival Paper, Etching
Untitled (Baby in vase)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Baby in vase)
1976
Serigraph
Ed. Edition of 175
25.75 x 20.5 inches
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Screen
La Païva (Hand-colored)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Paper, Ink, Etching
Fourgon
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Mélika
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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Leonor Fini Erotica I etching
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paonia, CO
An etching by Leonor Fini depicting three men and three woman interacting in various ways and one of the woman sitting in the foreground is playing the lute. This is a signed limited edition etching numbering 68 out of 100. There is also a signature by the artist embossed in the paper just below the pencil signature. The paper is very fibrous and is deckle -edged. The paper size is 26 x 20.25 Image size 15.50 x 12.50. This original rare etching is in very good condition.
Argentinian-born artist Leonor Fini (1907-1996) is considered one of the great female artists of the twentieth century. She moved to Paris in the early 1930’s where she spent most of her life and almost immediately formed friendships with Salvador Dali, Cartier- Bresson, Max Ernst and other intellectuals of the time. At twenty five she had her first one person show in Paris and was included in the 1936 pivotal exhibition at MOMA…Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism…..and that same year had an exhibition at a famous avant garde gallery in New York. Although Fini never considered herself a Surrealist she maintained close personal relationships with several members of the group. One can see how their ideology influenced her work but she remained firmly rooted in the tradition of Symbolism, Metaphysics and Italian and German Romanticism Her works can be found in most important collections of modern art around the world.
Fini was renowned as a portraitist and as a painter of erotic sexual tensions with a mysterious atmosphere. She was adamant about being independent and not belonging to any one group. She lived life on her own terms and is sometimes referred to as …..the female Dali. She was also involved with designing for fashion and creating elaborate sets for opera and theatre. As a feminist she was definitely ahead of the times. She produced the first erotic male nude...
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Veuve (W)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907 but travelled and lived in Europe with her mother from a young age. By 1931, she was in Paris, in the full swing of the Surrealist movement....
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20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Erotica
By Leonor Fini
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Leonor Fini
Title: Erotica
Medium: Etching
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition Number: 65/150
Measurements: 14" x 18"
Framed: 20.75" x 26"
Condition: Excellent. This piece has...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Composition, Histoire d'O, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled (Flower hats)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Flower hats)
1976
Serigraph
Ed. Edition of 175
25.75 x 20.5 inches
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Composition, Parallèlement, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Parallèlement, Illustré de lithographies originales ...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Satiricon - Lithograph on Cardboard by Leonor Fini - 1970
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Satiricon is a colored lithograph, realized in 1970 by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Surrealist movement.
Not signed nor numbered.
In very good condition.
From series "Satiricon de Petron".
The artwork represents a portrait of a nude woman with her delicate beauty expressed perfectly through confident strokes by bright and harmonic colors. Leonor Fini (1907-1966) was an emblematic painter, illustrator, writer, scene painter and draftswoman; one of her favorite subjects was human bodies painted with hybrid shapes, as animals, plants or minerals. Her subjects are neither naked nor dressed, their body is crossed by nervous tissues, veins and blood vessels.
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1970s Contemporary Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Cardboard
Cat on a Rug
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat on a Rug
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Cat in Heels
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Heels
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats)
By Leonor Fini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Leonor Fini
Title: La Grande Parade des Chats (The Great Parade of the Cats)
Year: 1973
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 1...
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Cat with Flower
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with Flower
1973
Color lithograph
Ed. 157/230
12.5 x 9 inches
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini - Pregnant - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Pregnant - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Circa 1982
On colored paper
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 275
Dimensions: 69 x 52.5 cm
Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums.
Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931.
Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy,
very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy.
In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture for her childhood friend Leo Castelli for the opening of his first gallery.
Introductions to her exhibition catalogues were written by De Chirico, Ernst, and Jean Cocteau.
A predominant theme of Fini’s art is the complex relationship between the sexes, primarily the interplay between the dominant female and the passive, androgynous male. In many of her most powerful works, the female takes the form of a sphinx, often with the face of the artist. Fini was also an accomplished portraitist; among her subjects were Stanislao Lepri...
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1980s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini -- Les Mutantes
By Leonor Fini
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Leonor Fini
Les Mutantes, 1971
Hand signed lower right
Numbered 88/275
Image size: 40 x 60.4 cm
Sheet size: 50.5 x 75.5 cm
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1970s Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Face - Original Lithograph on Cardboard by Leonor Fini - 1970s
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Face is an original colored lithograph on the cardboard, realized by Leonor Fini, an Argentine-Italian painter who spent her artistic career in France and was associated with the Sur...
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1970s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Cardboard
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- Was Leonor Fini a Surrealist?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertAugust 29, 2024Yes, Leonor Fini was a Surrealist. Though she had no formal art education, Fini proved to be both technically masterful and creatively exceptional. Her work and her flamboyant personality attracted the attention of many of the 20th century's most celebrated artists and thinkers, including Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, Albert Camus and Jean Genet. She exhibited her work in many Parisian art galleries, including the gallery of Christian Dior, before the fashion icon became a designer. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of Leonor Fini art.