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Leonor Fini: The Artist and Her Double

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 03 June 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) - 32, place des Lices - 35000 Rennes

Leonor Fini’s early work evokes the tumultuous life of a total artist. Here’s an immersion in her original, sensual Surrealist world.

Leonor Fini (1908-1996), L'Arme blanche, oil on canvas, signed, inscription on the... Leonor Fini: The Artist and Her Double
Leonor Fini (1908-1996), L'Arme blanche, oil on canvas, signed, inscription on the back: “L'arme blanche Leonor Fini” and a shipper’s label, 81 x 60 cm.
Estimate: €70,000/100,000
André Pieyre de Mandiargues remembered Leonor Fini as an entire artist, "one of those rare, extraordinary women whose encounter seems essential, if not decisive to me”, he wrote. The Surrealist writer knew what he was talking about. After meeting…
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Monday 03 June 2019 - 14:30 (CEST)
32, place des Lices - 35000 Rennes
Rennes Enchères Bretagne