Leonor Fini Argentinian, 1907-1996
L'Alcove (Self-portrait with Nico Papatakis), 1941
Oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 38 1/2 in
73 x 97.8 cm
73 x 97.8 cm
Provenance
Collection Howard Teague, LausanneCollection Grenet
Exhibitions
Trieste, Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, Museo Revoltella, July 4 - September 27, 2009, illustrated in catalogue p. 124Madrid, Surrealism and the Dream, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, October 8, 2013 - January 12, 2014, illustrated in catalogue pp. 215, 340
Umea, Sweden, Leonor Fini: Pourquoi Pas?, Bildmuseet, January 31 - May 11, 2014, illustrated in catalogue p. 57
New York, Leonor Fini: Theatre of Desire, 1930-1990, Museum of Sex, September 28, 2018 - March 4, 2019, on cover and illustrated in catalogue p. 25
Literature
Constantine Jelenski, Leonor Fini, Editions Clairefontaine Lausanne, 1968, 1972 and 1980, p. 46Peter Webb, Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini, The Vendome Press, New York, 2009, pp. 98, 99. Originally published in 2007 by Imprimerie Nationale Editions as Leonor Fini: Metamorphoses d'un art.