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Inv. n°: CL1578

La Perle

Unframed: 104.5 x 66 cm; Framed: 123 x 84 cm
1978
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • Marc-Arthur Kohn Galerie, Paris, 2006
  • Private Collection, Paris
  • Private Collection
  • Acquired at Lévy Gorvy Dayan, London, 2025

Publications

  • J.-C. Dedieu, Leonor Fini, Editions Frédéric Birr, Paris, 1978, p. 105
  • X. Gauthier, Leonor Fini, Le Musée de Poche, Paris, 1979, p. 28
  • B. Beck, "Leonor Fini: Lion, or et Perfection", Penthouse, Paris, July 1, 1986, p. 64
  • Leonor Fini, Contemporary Great Masters series, Kodansha, Tokyo, 1993
  • Leonor Fini: Peintures, Editions Michèle Trinckvel, Paris, 1994
  • J. Godard, Leonor Fini ou les metamorphoses d'une oeuvre, Le Sémaphore, Paris, January 1, 1996
  • J. Godard, Leonor Fini: Le realtà possibli, Selene Edizioni, Milan, 1998
  • E. Selsdon, Leonor Fini, Parkstone Press, New York, 1999, p. 33
  • K. Ogata, Leonor Fini: A New Species Which Violates Boundaries, Toshindo Publishing Co., Tokyo, 2006
  • K. Ogata, Leonor Fini: A New Species Which Violates Boundaries, Toshindo Publishing Co., Tokyo, 2006
  • Museum of Sex, Leonor Fini: Theater of Desire 1930-1990, New York, 2019, p. 56
  • R. Overstreet and N. Zukerman, Leonor Fini: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Verlag Scheidegger and Spies, Zürich, 2021, p. 464
  • Palazzo Reale, Io sono Leonor Fini, Milan, 2025, p. 203

Exhibitions

  • Leonor Fini, La Galerie des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France, November 1, 1978 — December 1, 1978
  • Leonor Fini, Casino Kursaal, Ostend, Belgium, June 1, 1980 — August 1, 1980
  • Leonor Fini, Bunkamura Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June 1, 2005 — July 1, 2005
  • Leonor Fini, Daimaru Museum, Osaka, Japan, August 1, 2005 — September 1, 2005
  • Leonor Fini, Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan, September 1, 2005 — November 1, 2005
  • Leonor Fini, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan, November 1, 2005 — December 1, 2005
  • Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, december 2007
  • Leonor Fini: Une France Curiosité, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, December 1, 2009 — January 1, 2010
  • Leonor Fini: Paintings 1931-1987, CFM Gallery, New York, USA, March 1, 2010 — April 1, 2010
  • Leonor Fini: The Sphinx's Riddle, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, June 1, 2012 — August 1, 2012
  • Leonor Fini: Oeuvres majeures, Galerie Patrick Fourtin, Paris, France, November 1, 2014 — January 1, 2015
  • Leonor Fini: Réalisme irréel, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, September 1, 2015 — December 1, 2015
  • Leonor Fini: Theater of Desire 1930-1990, Museum of Sex, New York, USA, September 1, 2018 — March 1, 2019
  • Io sono Leonor Fini, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, February 1, 2025 — June 1, 2025
  • La mort de l'amour: Leonor Fini and Aleksandra Waliszewska / Ménage à trois: Leonor Fini, Stanislao Lepri, and Aleksandra Waliszewska, Lévy Gorvy Dayan, London, UK, October 1, 2025 — December 1, 2025

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