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Leonor Fini
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Description
- Leonor Fini
- L'Entracte de l'Apothéose
- Signed Leonor Fini (lower right); signed Leonor Fini, titled "L'Entracte de l'Apothéose", dated 1938 and inscribed with dimensions (on the stretcher)
- Oil on canvas
- 25 1/2 by 18 1/8 in.
- 64.8 by 46 cm
Provenance
Julien Levy Gallery, New York
Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco
Steve Newman
Acquired by the present owner in 2009
Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco
Steve Newman
Acquired by the present owner in 2009
Exhibited
New York, Julien Levy Gallery, Leonor Fini and Max Ernst, 1936
Paris, Galerie Dionne, Les Somnambules,1997, illustrated in catalogue pp. 64 & 65
Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, Panorama Museum, Leonor Fini: Peintre du Fantastique, 1997-98, no. 4, illustrated in catalogue
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Umeda, Daimaru Museum; Gunma, The Museum of Modern Art & Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum, Exposition Leonor Fini, 2005, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue
Trieste, Museo Revoltella, Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, 2009, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Surrealism and the Dream, 2013-14, illustrated in the catalogue pp. 214 & 340
Umea, Sweden, Bildmuseet, Leonor Fini: Pourquoi Pas?, 2014, illustrated in the catalogue p. 87
Paris, Galerie Dionne, Les Somnambules,1997, illustrated in catalogue pp. 64 & 65
Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, Panorama Museum, Leonor Fini: Peintre du Fantastique, 1997-98, no. 4, illustrated in catalogue
Tokyo, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Umeda, Daimaru Museum; Gunma, The Museum of Modern Art & Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum, Exposition Leonor Fini, 2005, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue
Trieste, Museo Revoltella, Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, 2009, no. 6, illustrated in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Surrealism and the Dream, 2013-14, illustrated in the catalogue pp. 214 & 340
Umea, Sweden, Bildmuseet, Leonor Fini: Pourquoi Pas?, 2014, illustrated in the catalogue p. 87
Literature
Walter Schurian, Fantastic Art, Cologne & London, 2005, pp. 54 & 55
Peter Webb, Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini, New York, 2009, illus. p. 48
Peter Webb, Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini, New York, 2009, illus. p. 48
Condition
Canvas is unlined. There is a layer of varnish on the surface. Under UV light a few small dots of retouching are visible at extreme right edge. There are possibly a few small strokes of an earlier generation of retouching in the figure second from left. Otherwise fine. Overall this work is in very good condition.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.