LEONOR FINI | TÊTE DE FEMME

LEONOR FINI (1908 - 1996)
TÊTE DE FEMME

Signed Leonor (lower center)
Pen and ink on paper
7¼ by 5⅛ in. (18.4 by 13 cm)
Framed: 11⅛ by 9⅜ in. (28.3 by 23.8 cm)
Executed circa 1946.

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

Condition Report:
Executed on cream wove paper. The sheet is mounted with photo corners at all four corners. The top edge is lightly deckled. The sheet is unevenly time stained. There are minor scattered stains across the sheet and to the extreme edges. There is a pindot hole and a 1/4 inch tear to the center of the right edge, both of which have been repaired. Extremely minor handling creases are present throughout the sheet. This work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Edward James, Sussex

Gallery of Surrealism, New York

Acquired from the above