Lot 223
Leonor Fini (1908-1996)
Provenance:
Boyce Richardson Collection, Ottawa purchased at a group exhibition in London, England in 1965
Exhibited:
Featured in an exhibition of Artists Against Racism mounted on behalf of antipartheid forces in London, England in 1965.
Note:
Leonor Fini was born in Argentina in 1907. Her mother was Italian and her father was an Argentinean of Italian descent. From 1937 to 1944 Fini resided in Paris where she met many avant-garde artists such as Dali, Ernst and Man Ray placing herself in the center of this artistic movement