"Livre D'Images" Leonor Fini Hand Colored Etching Leonor Fini (French, 1908-1996), matted and framed This Artwork Measures 19 x 23 inches. The Frame is 28 x 32.5 inches. Condition: Very Good.

Translated From Image: Behind each image a voice is hidden, a secret voice, a rumor that can be heard by only one person. But the voice depends on the image, and the clouds that reveal themselves show us pale faces, rigid bodies, like theater mannequins or a wax museum. The powdered, absurd faces, and the disturbing stream of drool of the idiot.

As in small Mediterranean villages, the walls, porticos, windows and doors are haunted. Haunted by silent, pessimistic figures. Sometimes I think I catch a glimpse of a naked woman between the curtains of a window, a woman fondling her breasts and clicking her tongue frantically. Sometimes they are two teenagers who invite us to join in their singular pleasures. But as we approach we see that it is pure illusion, and the dull figures, the marble specters, become more and more present.


"Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the twentieth century and also one of the most misunderstood." -Weinstein Gallery