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
Leonor Fini - Servants - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Servants - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Les Elus de la Nuit
1986
Conditions: excellent
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 230
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Editions: Trinckve...
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1980s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Etching
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Cats - Original Engraving
Mme.Helvetius' Cats
Original etching created in 1985, Printed Signature (LF).
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 100
Support: Arches paper.
Dimensions: Paper dimensions: 44 x 28 cm
Editions: Moret, Paris.
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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Etching
Histiore d'O
By Leonor Fini
Located in Wilton, CT
Print from the Fini book Histoire d'O, signed in pencil and numbered 9/15
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1960s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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
Leonor Fini - Walking on Death - Original Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Walking on Death - Original Lithograph
The Flowers of Evil
1964
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 500
Dimensions: 46 x 34 cm
Editions: Le Cercle du Livre Précieux, Paris...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Leonor Fini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1970s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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
Untitled
By Leonor Fini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1970s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Leonor Fini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1970s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Leonor Fini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1970s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled
By Leonor Fini
Located in Barcelona, ES
Includes a Certificate of Authenticity
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1970s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
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
Hatted Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Hatted Cats
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 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
Regal Cat with her Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Regal Cat with her Cat
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
Female Face - Lithograph by Leonor Fini - 1960s
By Leonor Fini
Located in Roma, IT
Female Face is an artwork realized by Leonor Fini in 1960 ca.
61,5x47,5 sheet, 40x32 lithograph, specimen no. EA XXX/XXX.
Work hand signed lower right, inscribed "EA" and numbered...
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1960s Contemporary Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled (Woman's stare)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Woman’s stare)
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
Cat with a Knife
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat with a Knife
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
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
Robed Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Robed Cat
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 Striped Dress
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Striped Dress
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
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
Cat Friends
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Friends
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
Untitled (Gossip)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
Untitled (Gossip)
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
Cat on the Rings
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat on the Rings
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 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
Young Lady With Flower - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, FR
Léonor FINI (1907-1996)
Young lady with flower
Original etching, 1973
Hand signed in pencil
Numbered /275 copies
On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in)
Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Leonor Fini - Red-Hair - Original Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Red-Hair - Original Lithograph
The Flowers of Evil
1964
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 500
Dimensions: 46 x 34 cm
Editions: Le Cercle du Livre Précieux, Paris
Unsigne...
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1960s Modern Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Cats in Bed
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats in Bed
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
Robed Cat Trio
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Robed Cat Trio
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 Twins
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Twins
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
Performing Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Performing Cats
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
Red Cat Twins
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Red Cat Twins
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
Three Sisters With a Cat - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, FR
Léonor FINI (1907-1996)
Three sisters with a cat
Original etching, 1973
Hand signed in pencil
Numbered /275 copies
On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in)
Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Cats and Hammock
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats and Hammock
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
Robed and Hatted Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Regal Cat with her Cat
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
Cats in Chairs
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats in Chairs
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
Cats Dot and Swirl
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats Dot and Swirl
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 Dress
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat in Dress
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 Creature
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Creature
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
Cats and Blindfold
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats and Blindfold
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 Arabesque
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cat Arabesque
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
The Surrealist Sisters - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, FR
Léonor FINI (1907-1996)
The surrealist sisters
Original etching, 1973
Hand signed in pencil
Numbered /275 copies
On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in)
Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Four Cats in a Bed
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Four Cats in a Bed
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
Young Lady - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, FR
Léonor FINI (1907-1996)
Young lady
Original etching, 1973
Hand signed in pencil
Numbered /275 copies
On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in)
Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Les Elus De La Nuit (10B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (10B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
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1980s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Lounging Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Lounging Cat
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
The Outfit
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
The Outfit
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
Family Portrait - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, FR
Léonor FINI (1907-1996)
Family portrait
Original etching, 1973
Hand signed in pencil
Numbered /275 copies
On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in)
Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Les Elus De La Nuit (2B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (2B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
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1980s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Jester Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Jester Cat
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
Cats at Play
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Cats at Play
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
Surrealist Lady - Original Etching Hand Signed & Numbered
By Leonor Fini
Located in Paris, FR
Léonor FINI (1907-1996)
Surrealist lady
Original etching, 1973
Hand signed in pencil
Numbered /275 copies
On Arches vellum size 56 x 38 cm (c. 22 x 15 in)
Very good condition
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1970s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Seahorse Cat
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Seahorse Cat
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 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
Les Elus De La Nuit (11B)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Les Elus De La Nuit (11B)
1986
15 x 11
Etching on Arches paper
Ed. 14/31
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1980s Surrealist Leonor Fini Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Bejeweled Cats
By Leonor Fini
Located in Columbia, MO
LEONOR FINI
Bejeweled Cats
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
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