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 Leonor Fini   (1907-1996)

  La Leçon de Paleontologie (The Paleontology Lesson)
  • oil on canvas, 1972
  • signed and dated 1972 lower right recto
  • canvas size 47¼" x 47¼" (120 x 120 cm.)
  • Exhibited:
       Seibu Museum de Tokyo, Musée Hanshin d'Osaka, 1972, no. 2
       Galerie Altmann-Carpentier, Paris, 1974, no. 1
       Chateau de Vascoeuil, Vascoeuil, May 28 - Oct 02, 1977
       Casino Kursaal, Oostende, Jun 15 - Aug 24, 1980, no. 20
       Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Ferrara, Jul 2 - Sep 30, 1983, no. 67
       Le Musee de Luxembourg, Paris, 1986, no. 37
  • Literature:
       Le Livre de Leonor Fini, Editions Clairfontaine, Lausanne, 1975, p.104
       Les Leçons (The Lessons), Editions du Tamanoir, Brussels, 1976, one of 12 color silkscreens
       Leonor Fini au Chateau de Vascoeuil, Vascoeuil, 1977, p.74
       Dedieu, Leonor Fini, Editions Frederic Birr, Paris, 1978, p.80
       Leonor Fini - Casino Kursaal Oostende, Oostende, 1980, no. 20
       Leonor Fini, Editions Hervas, Paris, 1981
       Sammer, Scenographies d'un Imaginaire "Feminin": Leonor Fini, Femme-Peintre, Universite Paris, 1984
       Leonor Fini, Le Musee de Luxembourg, Paris, 1986, no. 37, p.84
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