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Period: 1980s
Leonor Fini - Untitled - Original Handsigned Etching
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Untitled - Original Handsigned Etching
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...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Etching
Leonor Fini - Cat - 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...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Etching
1980s Hugh Vase Hirschberg White and Blue
By Kristallglaswerk Hirschberg
Located in Schöfflisdorf, CH
1980s Hugh vase Hirschberg white and blue.
Category
1980s German Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Crystal
Gochka Charewicz - Herbarium - Original Signed Lithograph
By Gochka Charewicz
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
CHAREWICZ Gochka (XXe)
Michel Butor's Herbarium
Signed and numbered 2/29
Dimensions: 42 x 32 cm. Toutes marges.
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini - Dancing - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Dancing - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Les Elus de la Nuit
1986
Conditions: excellent
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 230
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Editions: Trinckvel...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Limited Edition Shogun Wall Lamps by Mario Botta for Artemide, 1980s
By Mario Botta, Artemide
Located in Renens, CH
Vintage Artemide Wall Lamps, model Shogun – a design by the architect Mario Botta (1986).
The silver edition of these sconces are collectors items', they were only produced in a ver...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Aluminum
Italian Murano (Label VM 037) "Millerighe" Carafe, Circa 1985
By Archimede Seguso
Located in CH
Italian Murano (Label VM 037) "Millerighe" Carafe possibly by Archimede Seguso, Circa 1985
This Murano glass carafe carries an identification labe...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Postmodern Nathalie du Pasquier & George Sowden, Table Lamp, 1980s
By Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Renens, CH
Table lamp by Nathalie du Pasquier and George Sowden, for the series “Objects for the Electronic Age”.
Nathalie du Pasquier & George Sowden, founding members of the Memphis-Milano g...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
Cecilia Chancellor, London, 1984 – Albert Watson, Celebrity, Fashion, Woman
By Albert Watson
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Cecilia Chancellor, London, 1984
1984
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Albert W...
Category
1980s Contemporary Switzerland
Materials
Archival Pigment
1980s Cultured Pearl Yellow Gold 18 Karat Clasp Sautoir Necklace
Located in Geneva, CH
Cultured Pearl yellow gold 18k clasp Sautoir Necklace.
Circa 1980s, this piece exudes vintage charm and sophistication.
The necklace showcases lustrous cu...
Category
1980s Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Sofa and Armchair, New Ocher Coating and Upholstery, Made in Italy 1980's
Located in Pambio Noranco, CH
Sitting area consisting of one armchair + 2 seater sofa, upholstery and padding redone in 2019,
Italian production from the 80s
Sofa H85 L 145 P70
Armchair H 85 L 70 P 70
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Cotton, Hardwood
Aldo van den Nieuwelaar, Outline light object, 1980s
By Aldo van den Nieuwelaar
Located in Renens, CH
"Outline" – (1983) an impressive light sculpture by Aldo van den Nieuwelaar that represents fundamental and systematic design; using standard fluorescent light tubes as its building ...
Category
1980s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Plastic, Acrylic
Naomi Campbell, Palm Springs, 1989 – Albert Watson, Photography, Woman, Model
By Albert Watson
Located in Zurich, CH
ALBERT WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Naomi Campbell, Palm Springs, 1989
1989
Archival pigment print
Image 122 x 91.5 cm (48 x 36 in.)
Sheet 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 1...
Category
1980s Contemporary Switzerland
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sebastian Cardin in Issey Miyake, New York City
By Albert Watson
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Sebastian in Issey Miyake, New York City, 1989
1989
Archival pigment print
Image 142 x 107 cm (55 7/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP; Ed. no....
Category
1980s Contemporary Switzerland
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gubelin Yellow Sapphire Diamond Yellow Gold 18K Clasp Pearl Necklace 1980S
By Gubelin
Located in Geneva, CH
Yellow Sapphire Cushion shape estimated approximately 5.50 / 6.50 carats (treated) surrounded by round-cut Diamond on Yellow Gold 18K Clasp Cultured Pearl Necklace (pearl necklace is...
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Eduardo Arroyo - Jean Moulin - Original Lithograph
By Eduardo Arroyo
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Eduardo Arroyo - Jean Moulin - Original Lithograph
1984
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 495
Dimensions: 37,3 x 58 cm
Editions: Trinckvel
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini - Friends - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Friends - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Les Elus de la Nuit
1986
Conditions: excellent
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 230
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Editions: Trinckvel...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Platinum Ruby Diamond Entourage Ring
Located in Zurich, Zollstrasse
Timeless Platinum 850 Entourage Ring with an oval claw set Ruby weighing approximately 1.18 ct surrounded by tapered Baguette Diamonds and brilliant cut D...
Category
1980s Unknown Contemporary Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Italian Vintage Tapestry by Missoni, 1980s
By Ottavio Missoni
Located in Renens, CH
Italian collectable tapestry, professionally framed. This piece, considered a work of art has been designed by Ottavio Missoni, (1921 – 2013) during the 1980s.
The Missoni enterpris...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Wool, Plywood
"Eye" Glazed Ceramic & Glass Sculpture by Pierre Eggli, Switzerland, ca. 1980
Located in Geneva, CH
Unique glazed ceramic and glass sculpture "Eye" by Pierre Eggli, Switzerland ca. 1980s
Signed engraved on the base
Measure: Diameter 28 cm
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Swiss Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Ceramic, Glass
French Classic Modernist Stool by Charlotte Perriand for Cassina, 1980s
By Cassina, Charlotte Perriand
Located in Renens, CH
Even though this stool is part of the “LC” collection in production by Cassina, the actual design of this piece was done by Charlotte Perriand, together with the matching chair (LC7)...
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Leather
Leonor Fini - Portraits - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Portraits - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Les Elus de la Nuit
1986
Conditions: excellent
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 230
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Editions: Trinckv...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of leaf dishes Venini & C., Murano, designed by Tyra Lundgren
By Venini
Located in Zurich, CH
Pair of leaf dishes Venini & C., Murano, designed by Tyra Lundgren
A pair of leaf dishes Venini & C., Murano, designed by Tyra Lundgren, around 1936/38, produced in 1983.
Medium
Cl...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Murano Glass
Diamond Yellow Gold 18K Two Hearts Crossover Ring
Located in Geneva, CH
Diamond Yellow Gold 18K Two Hearts Crossover Ring.
Height Heart motif: approx. 1.60 centimeters.
Size: 47 / 4.5 US.
Weight: 10.17 grams.
Category
1980s Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Postmodern Massimo Iosa Ghini, Armchair “Numero Uno” by Moroso, 1980s
By Massimo Iosa Ghini, Moroso
Located in Renens, CH
From the “Dynamic Collection” a series of furniture designed during the 1980s by Massimo Iosa Ghini, we present the Numero Uno lounge chair: The streamlined design features a chrome ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
Italian Design Table Lamp “Tabla” by Barbaglia and Colombo, 1980s
By Italiana Luce, Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo
Located in Renens, CH
Pivoting table lamp designed by Mario Barbaglia and Marco Colombo during the 1980s.
The table lamp has a balancing arm that pivots on top of a conical base; the arm itself can be...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
Leonor Fini - The Cane - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - The Cane - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Les Elus de la Nuit
1986
Conditions: excellent
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 230
Dimensions: 38 x 2...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Patty Owen, New York – Albert Watson, Woman, BlackandWhite, Actress, Photography
By Albert Watson
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Patty Owen, New York City, 1986
Chromogenic print from a polaroid positive face mounted to acrylic (Diasec)
Sheet 238 x 182.5 cm (93 3/4 x 71 7/8 in.)...
Category
1980s Contemporary Switzerland
Materials
C Print
18 Karat Yellow Gold Wood and Pearl Earrings by Trianon, 1980s
By Trianon
Located in Zurich, CH
Striking pair of 18 karat yellow gold, wood and pearl earrings by Trianon, 1980s.
Large round earclips crafted in 18 karat yellow gold and set ...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Three Row Diamond Eternity Band 4.50 Carat in 18 Karat White Gold
Located in Zurich, Zollstrasse
Stunning diamond eternity ring featuring high grade G colo andr vs clarity diamonds with a total weight of 4.50 ct. This ring features baguette and round brilliant cut diamonds in a ...
Category
1980s Swiss Contemporary Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Elegant Vintage Italian 18 Karat Yellow Gold Diamond Bracelet
Located in Zurich, Zollstrasse
This wide articulated bracelet is composed of squarish motifs with intricate goldwire work. Each motif is joined to each other by hinges that are pavé set with 88 diamonds with a tot...
Category
1980s Italian Contemporary Vintage Switzerland
Materials
White Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Eduardo Arroyo - Homage to Le Corbusier - Original Lithograph
By Eduardo Arroyo
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Eduardo Arroyo - Homage to Le Corbusier - Original Lithograph
1984
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 495
Dimensions: 37,3 x 58 cm
Editions: Trinckvel
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini - Playing - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Playing - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Les Elus de la Nuit
1986
Conditions: excellent
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 230
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Editions: Trinckvel...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Charlotte, New York City, 1988 – Albert Watson, Black & White, Celebrity, Woman
By Albert Watson
Located in Zurich, CH
Albert WATSON (*1942, Scotland)
Charlotte, New York City, 1988
1988
Silver gelatin print
Image 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.)
Edition of 10, plus 2 AP
Print only
Albert Watson was b...
Category
1980s Contemporary Switzerland
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Gochka Charewicz - Herbarium - Original Signed Lithograph
By Gochka Charewicz
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
CHAREWICZ Gochka (XXe)
Michel Butor's Herbarium
Signed and numbered 2/29
Dimensions: 42 x 32 cm. Toutes marges.
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Lino Tagliapietra, Vase, 1980
By Lino Tagliapietra
Located in Zurich, CH
Lino Tagliapietra, Vase, 1980, H. 25 cm. Transparent and opaque, eggplant-colored glass. Marked on the floor: LT. F31. 1980 (engraved).
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Murano Glass
Lumina Daphine Table Lamps by Tommaso Cimini, 1980s
By Tommaso Cimini, Lumina
Located in Renens, CH
An Italian design classic by Tommaso Cimini, designed during the 1970s and produced by his own company Lumina Italia. Here available in a set of two.
Th...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
Platinum Pear Shape Diamond Eternity Ring 4.20 ct
Located in Zurich, Zollstrasse
This timeless Platinum eternity band features 24 pear shape Diamonds weighing approximately 4.20 ct, H color, si clarity.
The ring is currently size 52/12( american Ring size 6) but ...
Category
1980s Unknown Contemporary Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
César - Centaur - Picasso's Homage - Original Signed Etching
By César Baldaccini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
César Baldaccini
Original Etching
Dimensions: 56.5 x 40 cm
Signed and Numbered
Edition of 99
It is the only original etching ever made by César.
César Baldaccini was born in Marseille in 1921. At the age of 12, he left the school to help his father, cooper. At 15 years old, he studied at the Art college of Marseille. He took evening drawing teachings, and then was interested in sculpture until 1939.
In 1942, César received a scholarship and went to Paris. He studied ten years at the School of Beaux-Arts; he worked in the studios of Gaumont and Alfred Jeanniot and was named “Grand Massier” (teacher) of this school. At that time, he was living in the same house as Alberto Giacometti.
In 1944, short of resources, he went to Marseille, then return to Paris, next year. With the 50s, he made discovered his work through his first exhibitions. One of its works (« The fish ») obtained a place in the Museum of Modern Art in Paris (1955). Henceforth, he exhibited ceaselessly, participating in numerous “Salons” in France and abroad. César received numerous prices there. He got personal exhibitions everywhere (Japan, the United States, Holland, France, Italy, etc.). Important retrospectives came, later. In 1970, he was named professor a foreman to the School of Beaux-Arts in Paris.
During his all life, Caesar was stimulated by « the love of the profession » and by an extraordinary will to innovate. The humor of the man did not miss and was noticed through his work. Pablo Picasso was his major reference, also Alberto Giacometti, Germaine Richier, Pablo Gargallo and Julio Gonzales...
Category
1980s Realist Switzerland
Materials
Etching
Italian Multi Chain Necklace 18 K White Yellow Gold with Heart Diamond Pendant
Located in Zurich, Zollstrasse
This Necklace with removable Heart shape pendant is delicate and sensual yet bold and enigmatic. The gorgeous 5 strand necklace in 18 K white and yellow gold features a heart shaped ...
Category
1980s Italian Contemporary Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Ruby Onyx Bead Yellow Gold 18K Necklace
Located in Geneva, CH
Ruby cabochon and calibrated and Onyx Bead Yellow Gold 18K Necklace.
Total length: approx. 37.30 centimeters.
Total width: 2.20 centimeters.
Clasp dimensions:
Total length: 3.30 ce...
Category
1980s Anglo-Indian Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Onyx, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Théo Tobiasse - A train - Original Lithograph
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Théo Tobiasse
Title: C'est un train portant un parfum d'odalisque
Signed and Numbered
Dimensions: 57 x 76 cm
Information : Edition of 175
Condition : E...
Category
1980s Surrealist Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Design Classic: Eames Alu Group EA124 Lounge Chair, Vitra, 1980s
By Charles and Ray Eames, Vitra
Located in Renens, CH
The Aluminum Group chairs by Charles & Ray Eames are one of the most important designs of the 20th Century. Their original design from the 1950s is still relevant today, giving interiors all over the world a touch of modern elegance.
On offer we have the EA124...
Category
1980s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Aluminum
1980s Yellow Gold Earrings
Located in Geneva, CH
1980S Yellow Gold 18k Earrings.
Etruscan Revival.
Made in GREECE.
Category
1980s Greek Etruscan Revival Vintage Switzerland
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Postmodern Mario Botta Terzo Coffee Table by Alias, 1980s
By Alias, Mario Botta
Located in Renens, CH
Custom designed coffee table by Mario Botta, produced by Alias (Italy) for the Ransila Building 1, Lugano, Switzerland:
This marble top coffee table is an adjustment of the serie-pr...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Marble, Metal
18 Karat White Cultured Pearl and Diamond 4-Row Bracelet by Meister Zurich
Located in Zurich, Zollstrasse
69 white cultured Akoya pearls, measuring 7.5mm-8.00mm each, are strung on four rows of this lovely bracelet. The linear 18 Karat white gold clasp features 8 round brilliant cut di...
Category
1980s Swiss Contemporary Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
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...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Etching
César - Original Lithograph
By César Baldaccini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
César - Original Lithograph
1961
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
From the art review XXe siècle
Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Category
1980s Realist Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Pietra Table Lamp by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte, 1980
By Fontana Arte, Gae Aulenti
Located in Renens, CH
Model 2802 “Pietra” table lamp by Gae Aulenti and Piero Castiglioni for Fontana Arte.
The lamp consists of a heavy glass base and polished metal lamp shades; it remains in beautif...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
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...
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Etching
"Angelo Necessario" wall shelf by Paolo Pallucco and Mireille Rivier, 1988
By Paolo Pallucco & Mireille Rivier, Pallucco
Located in Renens, CH
Rare "Angelo Necessario" wall shelf by Paolo Pallucco et Mireille Rivier, Pallucco Italy 1989.
"Angelo Necessario" wall shelf by Paolo Pal...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
Atomic Floorlamp by Haussmann for Swisslamps International, 1980s
By Trix and Robert Haussmann, Swiss Lamps International
Located in Renens, CH
Aluminum “Atomic” Floorlamp designed by Trix and Robert Haussmann in the 1960s, and produced by Swisslamps International.
The lamp is made of aluminum and connecting plastic tubes, ...
Category
1980s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Post Modern Memphis Milano, 1980s Oceanic Table Lamp by Michele de Lucchi
By Michele de Lucchi, Memphis Group
Located in Renens, CH
Authentic vintage Oceanic table lamp by Italian architect Michele de Lucchi for the Memphis movement in the early 1980s. De Lucchi was one of the co...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
French Design Classic Pratfall Lounge Chairs by P. Starck for Driade, Set of Two
By Driade, Philippe Starck
Located in Renens, CH
A set of lounge chairs by French designer Philippe Starck, designed during the mid-1980s for Driade. The armchairs have a very distinctive sharp and clean look, but are still relativ...
Category
1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Metal
French 18 K yellow Gold Vintage Heart earclips Sapphire Ruby Diamonds
Located in Zurich, Zollstrasse
A pair of lovely 18 K yellow Gold heart shaped earclips of french provenance. These colorful earclips feature 2 lovely blue Sapphire Cabochons weighing 2.50 ct, 2o finely calibrated Rubies weighing 5.43 ct and Diamonds weighing 0.63 ct, G, color, vs.
Very elegant and timeless, french class...
Category
1980s French Contemporary Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Leonor Fini - Orgy - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Orgy - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Circa 1982
On colored paper
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 275
Dimensions: 69 x 52.5 cm
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Ungaro Ruched Faux Ostrich Cocktail Mini Dress
By Emanuel Ungaro
Located in Geneva, CH
This 80's Ungaro Parallèle cocktail dress is cut from – probably – black silk ? (the composition materiel tag is missing) that's ruched and ruffled to create a flattering faux ostric...
Category
1980s Italian Switzerland
Mother of Pearl on Yellow Gold Stylized Flower Ear Clips
Located in Geneva, CH
Mother of Pearl on yellow Gold 18k stylized Flower Ear Clips.
Total weight: 6.31 grams.
Total height: 1.38 inch (3.50 centimeters).
Width at maximum: 0.79 inch (2.00 centimeters).
Category
1980s Art Deco Vintage Switzerland
Materials
Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Eduardo Arroyo - Resistance in the Snow - Original Lithograph
By Eduardo Arroyo
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Eduardo Arroyo - Resistance in the Snow - Original Lithograph
1984
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 495
Dimensions: 37,3 x 58 cm
Editions: Trinckvel
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini - Toads - Original Handsigned Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Toads - Original Handsigned Lithograph
Circa 1982
On colored paper
Handsigned and Numbered
Edition: 275
Dimensions: 69 x 52.5 cm
Category
1980s Modern Switzerland
Materials
Lithograph
