Pauline Karpidas: The London Collection Day Auction

Leonor Fini

Tête de femme

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Leonor Fini

1907 - 1996

Tête de femme

signed Leonor Fini (lower right)

watercolour, brush and pen and ink on paper

45.2 by 30.5 cm. 17¾ by 12 in.

Executed circa 1975.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Richard Overstreet of the Leonor Fini archives.

Alexander Iolas, Paris

Acquired from the above on 1 February 1977 by the present owner

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