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Portrait de Femme - ( Self Portrait ? )

Creator: Leonor Fini
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Fini was a Surrealist painter. Strikingly similar to her portrait of Jean Genet, ( Leonor Fini by
Constantin Jelenski) this is an introspective study of a wide eyed beauty. Fini deliberately accentuates and expands the size of her eyes evoking a surreal quality and making a physically small painting look much larger. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she was raised in Trieste, Italy, She moved to Milan at the age of 17, and then to Paris, in either 1931 or 1932. There, she became acquainted with Carlo Carra? Gandiorgio de Chirico a, who inspired much of her work. She also came to knowmul E?luard, Max Ernst, Georges Bataille, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Picasso, Andre? Pieyre de Mandiargues, and Salvador Dali?. Provenance: Jerry Solomon Art Center
Sotheby's , Indistinctly signed lower right

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	France
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	oil on canvas
Condition:	Excellent.
Creation Date:	Circa 1946 - 1949
Styles / Movements:	Conceptualism, Realism, Surrealism
Book References:	Jerry Solomon Art Center Sotheby's
Incollect Reference #:	182678

Dimensions

W.	7.5 in;	H.	9.5 in;
W.	19.05 cm;	H.	24.13 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.