LEONOR FINI | TÊTE DE FEMME

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November 18, 07:03 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

LEONOR FINI (1908 - 1996)

TÊTE DE FEMME

Signed Leonor (lower center)

Pen and ink on paper

7¼ by 5⅛ in. (18.4 by 13 cm)

Framed: 11⅛ by 9⅜ in. (28.3 by 23.8 cm)

Executed circa 1946.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Richard Overstreet of the Leonor Fini archives.

Edward James, Sussex

Gallery of Surrealism, New York

Acquired from the above

The original owner of the present work was Edward James, an English heir to an American railroad fortune turned eccentric poet and influential patron of Surrealist art. A lifelong collector of art, James is particularly remembered for his patronage of Surrealist painters including Fini, Dalí, Magritte, Tchelitchew and Carrington. He provided space for his artist friends to develop their creative practice. Dalí, Tchelitchew, Magritte and others were given studio space during extended stays in James' homes at West Dean and in London. He supported them further through commissions and collaborations, building one of the finest collections of Surrealist art in the world.