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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION
LEONOR FINI (1907-1996)
La chambre d’écho
Details
LEONOR FINI (1907-1996)
La chambre d’écho
signed 'Leonor Fini' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 46 in. (86.4 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1974
La chambre d’écho
signed 'Leonor Fini' (lower right)
oil on canvas
34 x 46 in. (86.4 x 116.8 cm.)
Painted in 1974
Provenance
Pieters Malfait, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium (acquired from the artist, then by descent).
Anon. sale, Artcurial, Paris, 9 April 2008, lot 45.
Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, June 2012.
Anon. sale, Artcurial, Paris, 9 April 2008, lot 45.
Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, June 2012.
Literature
J. Alvarez, ed., "Le Livre de Leonor Fini" in La Guilde du Livre, Lausanne, December 1975, p. 235 (illustrated in color, pp. 160-161; dated 1975).
L. Fini and J. Alvarez, Leonor Fini: Das große Bilderbuch, Munich, 1975 (illustrated in color).
C. Jelenski, et al., Leonor Fini, Découverte et masquée, Paris, 1978.
X. Gauthier, Leonor Fini, Paris, 1979 (illustrated in color).
J. Audiberti, et. al, Leonor Fini, Paris, 1981 (illustrated in color, dated 1975).
P. Borgue and J. Burgos, eds., Leonor Fini ou le Théâtre de l’imaginaire, Paris, 1983, p. 264, no. 89 (illustrated).
L. Fini and J. Alvarez, Le livre de Léonor Fini, Peintures, dessins, écrits, notes de Léonor Fini, Paris, 1994, p. 58 (illustrated).
T. de Loo, Schönheit, komm, der Tag ist halb vergangen, 1996 (detail illustrated in color on cover).
E. Selsdon, Leonor Fini, New York, 1999, p. 118 (illustrated in color, pp. 120-121, fig. 9).
R. Overstreet and N. Zukerman, Leonor Fini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Zurich, 2021, vol. II, p. 444, no. 815 (illustrated in color; illustrated again in color, pl. 229).
L. Fini and J. Alvarez, Leonor Fini: Das große Bilderbuch, Munich, 1975 (illustrated in color).
C. Jelenski, et al., Leonor Fini, Découverte et masquée, Paris, 1978.
X. Gauthier, Leonor Fini, Paris, 1979 (illustrated in color).
J. Audiberti, et. al, Leonor Fini, Paris, 1981 (illustrated in color, dated 1975).
P. Borgue and J. Burgos, eds., Leonor Fini ou le Théâtre de l’imaginaire, Paris, 1983, p. 264, no. 89 (illustrated).
L. Fini and J. Alvarez, Le livre de Léonor Fini, Peintures, dessins, écrits, notes de Léonor Fini, Paris, 1994, p. 58 (illustrated).
T. de Loo, Schönheit, komm, der Tag ist halb vergangen, 1996 (detail illustrated in color on cover).
E. Selsdon, Leonor Fini, New York, 1999, p. 118 (illustrated in color, pp. 120-121, fig. 9).
R. Overstreet and N. Zukerman, Leonor Fini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Zurich, 2021, vol. II, p. 444, no. 815 (illustrated in color; illustrated again in color, pl. 229).
Exhibited
Château de Vascoeuil, Leonor Fini, May-October 1977, p. 24, no. 8 (illustrated in color, p. 11).
Sint-Martens-Latem, Musée d’Art Moderne, Leonor Fini, April-May 1978, no. 3.
Ostend, Casino Kursaal, Leonor Fini, June-August 1980, no. 31.
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Centre Rops, Leonor Fini, October 1982.
Yokohama, Sogo Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum Umeda; Kitakyushu, Municipal Art Museum and Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Leonor Fini, Rétrospective, November 1985-May 1986, p. 142, no. 20 (illustrated in color, p. 57).
Trieste, Museo Revoltella, Leonor Fini, L’italienne de Paris, July-September 2009, pp. 50 and 299 (illustrated in color, p. 188; detail illustrated in color, p. 51; dated 1975).
San Francisco, Weinstein Gallery, Une Grande Curiosité, December 2009-January 2010, p. 41 (illustrated in color; dated 1975).
New York, CFM Gallery, Leonor Fini Paintings, 1931-1987, March-April 2010.
San Francisco, Weinstein Gallery, The Sphinx’s Riddle, June-August 2012, p. 47 (illustrated in color; dated 1975).
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Io Sono Leonor Fini, February-July 2025, p. 208, no. 59 (illustrated in color).
Sint-Martens-Latem, Musée d’Art Moderne, Leonor Fini, April-May 1978, no. 3.
Ostend, Casino Kursaal, Leonor Fini, June-August 1980, no. 31.
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Centre Rops, Leonor Fini, October 1982.
Yokohama, Sogo Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum Umeda; Kitakyushu, Municipal Art Museum and Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Leonor Fini, Rétrospective, November 1985-May 1986, p. 142, no. 20 (illustrated in color, p. 57).
Trieste, Museo Revoltella, Leonor Fini, L’italienne de Paris, July-September 2009, pp. 50 and 299 (illustrated in color, p. 188; detail illustrated in color, p. 51; dated 1975).
San Francisco, Weinstein Gallery, Une Grande Curiosité, December 2009-January 2010, p. 41 (illustrated in color; dated 1975).
New York, CFM Gallery, Leonor Fini Paintings, 1931-1987, March-April 2010.
San Francisco, Weinstein Gallery, The Sphinx’s Riddle, June-August 2012, p. 47 (illustrated in color; dated 1975).
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Io Sono Leonor Fini, February-July 2025, p. 208, no. 59 (illustrated in color).
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