• 304 pages
• over 300 illustrations in color and b/w
• book size 12" x 10⅝" (30.5 x 27 cm.)
• published 2009, Vendome Press, New York
• hardbound with illustrated dustjacket
• First English-language edition
• text in English
• author Peter Webb
• Condition: brand new unread copy in mint condition

A brand new copy of the most comprehensive monograph on Leonor Fini's life and art.

Talented, glamorous and ambitious, Leonor Fini was one of the most influential female artists of the 1930s. From her opulent, bohemian childhood in Italy to her debut in a group exhibition at the age of seventeen and her rise in the international art world, Fini was legendary for both her vivacious personality and her ethereal subjects. This is the first comprehensive look at Fini's life and art. Fini's figures - sphinxes, felines, nymphs, priestesses, nudes - are bold proclamations of female sexuality that convey a powerful feminine subconscious. Also renowned for her theatrical set-design, costumes and posters, the artist developed close relationships with other avant-garde Surrealists including Andre Breton, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover. Henri Cartier-Bresson's nude portrait of Fini in a pool, taken while they were vacationing together, recently sold at auction for a record sum. Sphinx is a fascinating portrait of a magnetic woman who lived her life with panache and elegance, deftly wrapping drama into her art. "Feted for her paintings, illustrations, theatre designs and, above all, her flamboyant bohemian lifestyle." ~ The Sunday Telegraph