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Leonor Fini (1907 - 1996)
La Leçon de Botanique    (The Botany Lesson)
  • oil on canvas, 1974
  • signed lower right recto
  • titled upper stretcher bar verso
  • canvas size 47¼" x 47¼" (120 x 120 cm.)
  • Exhibited:
       Galerie Altmann-Carpentier, Paris, 1974, no. 7
       Galleria Forni, Amsterdam, Nov 20 - Dec 16, 1976
       Chateau de Vascoeuil, Vascoeuil, May 28 - Oct 02, 1977
       Casino Kursaal, Oostende, Jun 15 - Aug 24, 1980, no.26
       Le Musee de Luxembourg, Paris, 1986, no. 38
       Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Jun 18 - Jul 31, 2005, no. 47
       Daimaru Museum, Osaka, Aug 31 - Sep 12, 2005, no. 47
       Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Sep 23 - Nov 03, 2005, no. 47
       Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Nov 11 - Dec 25, 2005, no. 47
  • Literature:
       Le Livre de Leonor Fini, Editions Clairfontaine, Lausanne, 1975, p.205
       Les Leçons (The Lessons), Editions du Tamanoir, Brussels, 1976, one of 12 color silkscreens
       Leonor Fini au Chateau de Vascoeuil, Vascoeuil, 1977, p.15
       Dedieu, Leonor Fini, Editions Frederic Birr, Paris, 1978, p.81
       Gauthier, Leonor Fini, Le Musee de Poche, Paris, 1979 (2nd ed.), p.145
       Leonor Fini - Casino Kursaal Oostende, Oostende, 1980, no. 26, p.27
       Leonor Fini, Editions Hervas, Paris, 1981
       Borgue, Leonor Fini ou le Theatre de L'Imaginaire, Bibliotheque Circe, Paris, 1983, p.99
       Sammer, Scenographies d'un Imaginaire "Feminin": Leonor Fini, Femme-Peintre, Universite Paris, 1984, p.IV-67
       Leonor Fini, Le Musee de Luxembourg, Paris, 1986, no. 38, p.85
       Godard, Leonor Fini ou les Metamorphoses d'une Oeuvre, Le Semaphore, Paris, 1996, p.142
       Exposition Leonor Fini, Japan Museum Retrospective, 2005, no. 47, p.81
Leonor Fini - La Lecon de Botanique - 1974 oil on canvas

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