Lot 192
  • 192

Léonor Fini

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Description

  • Léonor Fini
  • PORTRAIT OF MARGOT FONTEYN AND JOY BROWN
  • signed Léonor Fini (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 55 by 46cm., 21 5/8 by 18 1/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Charpentier, Paris
Sale: Christie's, New York, 9th May 1991, lot 258
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Catalogue Note

Léonor Fini designed the stage set and the costumes for the ballet Les Demoiselles de la nuit which premiered on 21st May 1948 at the Marigny theatre, Paris, starring Margot Fonteyn.