Lot Essay
This work relates to the 1962 oil painting of the same title (C. Jelenski, Leonor Fini, p. 113).
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L'ombre Respirante
Details
Leonor Fini (1908-1996)
L'ombre Respirante
signed 'Leonor Fini' (in the weave lower right); inscribed 'L'OMBRE RESPIRANTE" AUTEUR: LEONOR FINI ATELIER DE TISSAGE: Ph CHLEO No 3/3' (on a hand-written label to the underside) and inscribed 'E/E' (in the weave underneath)
hand-woven tapestry
59½ x 167¾ in. (151.2 x 426.2 cm.)
L'ombre Respirante
signed 'Leonor Fini' (in the weave lower right); inscribed 'L'OMBRE RESPIRANTE" AUTEUR: LEONOR FINI ATELIER DE TISSAGE: Ph CHLEO No 3/3' (on a hand-written label to the underside) and inscribed 'E/E' (in the weave underneath)
hand-woven tapestry
59½ x 167¾ in. (151.2 x 426.2 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 23 October, 2002, lot 776.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.