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Inv. n°: CL1191

Portrait féminin n. 9 / Ritratto di signora seduta

This object is on display at the FAMM . Come experience it in person.

60 x 40 cm, 82 x 62 cm (framed)
1936
Oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The artist's collection
  • Alida Valli, Rome
  • Private collection (by descent from above), Rome
  • Acquired at Galleria Tommaso Calabro, Milan, 2023

Publications

  • XX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, , Venice, 1936, p. 136, no.2 (titled ‘Ritratto di ignota’; label on the reverse)
  • Leonor Fini: L’Italienne de Paris, Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste, 4 July – 27 September 2009, p. 113 (illustrated in colour)
  • Leonor Fini. Italian Fury. As dreamed by Francesco Vezzoli, Galleria Tommaso Calabro, Milan, 1 April – 25 June 2022
  • F. Cogoni, "Leonor Fini - La sfinge dell'arte", RSI Radiotelevisisione svizzera, 16/09/2023, Invalid Date
  • S. Cascone, "'It's Bittersweet Situation': Collector Christian Levett Opens Up About Rededicating His museum to Women's Art", Art News, October 31, 2023
  • R. Overstreet and N. Zuckerman, Leonor Fini, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, Weinstein, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2021, p. 287, no. 167
  • Vittorio Sgarbi, Denis Isaia & Giulia Tulino, Leonor Fini, Fabrizio Clerici: Insomnia, Trento, 2023, p. 121
  • S. Cascone, in The Art Net (ed.), 'It's a Bittersweet Situation', October 31, 2023
  • E. Imbert, in Monaco Tribune (ed.), Le FAMM : Un musée qui met à l’honneur les femmes artistes, December 14, 2024
  • J.R. Cohen, "Minor Threats: Women Artists and the Surrealist Movement", FAMM - Female Artists of the Mougins Museum, France, Merrell and FAMM, May 1, 2025, p. 49
  • T. Arcq, C. Martin, Io sono Leonor Fini, Moebius & Palazzo Reale, Milano, 2025, p. 139
  • Susanne Gaensheimer, Isabelle Malz, Anke Kempkes, "4: Surreal worlds", Title Queer Modernism: 1900–1950, Hirmer Publishers, Munich, Germany, September 27, 2025, p. 104

Exhibitions

  • XX Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, Italy, 1936
  • Leonor Fini: L’Italienne de Paris, Civico Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy, July 4, 2009 — September 27, 2009
  • Leonor Fini. Italian Fury. As dreamed by Francesco Vezzoli, Galleria Tommaso Calabro, Milan, Italy, April 1, 2022 — June 25, 2022
  • Leonor Fini : Théâtres Imaginaires, Galerie Raphaël Durazzo, Paris, France, January 19, 2023 — March 25, 2023
  • Leonor Fini, Fabrizio Clerici: Insomnia, Mart, Rovereto, Italy, July 16, 2023 — November 5, 2023
  • FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Musée de Mougins), Mougins, France, from 21st June 2024 to present day
  • Io Sono Leonor Fini, Palazzo Reale Milano, Milan, Italy, February 17, 2025 — June 15, 2025
  • Vergessene Avantgarden – Queere Moderne“ (Modern Oblivion – Queer Modernity), K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany, September 20, 2025 — February 15, 2026

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