Lot 19
  • 19

Leonor Fini

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Description

  • Leonor Fini
  • L'Eau endormie
  • Signed Leonor Fini (lower right)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 23 3/4 by 36 1/4 in.
  • 60.4 by 92.1 cm

Provenance

William Copley, New York (acquired directly from the artist and sold: Christie's, London, June 25, 2003, lot 211)
CFM Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Trieste, Museo Revoltella, Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, 2009, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Constantin Jelenski, Leonor Fini, Lausanne, 1968, illustrated p. 109

Condition

Canvas is not lined. Surface is clean. One small area of isolated pigment shrinkage toward upper left corner. Under UV light: varnish layer is somewhat difficult to read through but no inpainting is apparent. Work is in very good condition.
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