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Leonor Fini

Tête (inspired by Gérard de Nerval’s poem Aurélia)

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Leonor Fini

1907 - 1996


Tête (inspired by Gérard de Nerval’s poem Aurélia)

signed twice Leonor Fini and dated 1950 (lower right)

watercolour, brush and pen and ink on paper

46 by 32.4 cm. 18⅛ by 12¾ in.

Executed in 1950.


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

Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1975, lot 255

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner