Lithograph, 67 x 78 cm, beautifully framed.
Signed by hand in pencil: e/a, Leonor Fini
The work framed in a stylish black frame, behind glass.
Condition: very good
Despite her close ties to the Surrealist circle, she did not consider herself one of them. However, her works were often exhibited together with those of the Surrealists. Her paintings are very personal and symbolic, sometimes somewhat theatrical. You can see in them a fascination with the female body and sexuality. While working for Elsa Schiaparelli, she designed the flacon of Shocking perfume, which became a standard product of the Schiaparelli company. She also designed costumes and decorations for theater, ballet and opera. She designed the costumes for Renato Castellani's Romeo and Juliet (1954) and John Huston's Walk with Love and Death (1968). She was married once, briefly, to Fedrico Veneziani. From 1941 she was linked to Italian aristocrat and former consul in Monaco Stanislao Lepri, who, under her influence, took up Surrealist painting. From 1952, Fini became involved with Polish writer and publicist Konstanty Jelenski. From that year until the deaths of Lepri (1980) and Jelenski (1987), the three lived together in a house in Paris, leading an intense social life and revolving among the bohemian artistic community. All three were bisexual and also led a fairly casual sex life, entering into external relationships. At Jeleński's urging, Fini provided the Lambert Gallery (the originator and founder was Kazimierz Romanowicz) with a list of addresses of art dealers, collectors, snobs and salon regulars and art critics.