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Inv. n°: CL1472

Portrait de Madame H (Portrait of Madame H)

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

59.9 x 45.7 cm
1942
oil on canvas

Provenance

  • The artist
  • Galerie Minsky (agent for the artist’s estate), Paris
  • Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, 2000
  • Private collection, San Francisco
  • Christie’s, London, June 21, 2006, lot 353 (consigned by the above)
  • Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco
  • Private Collection, Los Angeles
  • Acquired at Jeffrey Deitch, New York, 2024

Publications

  • in Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo del Diamanti, Gratis Industrie Grafiche (ed.), Leonor Fini, Edizioni d'Arte, 1983, p. 122
  • W. Chadwick, Leonor Fini and her contemporaries: Surrealism through the eyes of women artists, 1991, p. 37
  • in Galerie Dionne (ed.), Léonor Fini, 1997, p. 73
  • in Panorama Museum (ed.), Leonor Fini: Peinture du Fantastique, 1997, p.24
  • J.-C. Dedieu et al., in Galerie Minsky (ed.), Leonor Fini, 2001
  • Léonor Fini: A New Species which Violates Boundaries, Toshindo Publishing Co, 2006, p.185
  • P. Webb, Sphinx: The Life and Art of Léonor Fini, The Vendome Press, 2009, p.104; p.106
  • M. Massau Dan, Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, Museo Revoltella, 2009, p.122
  • B. Taijedal and al., Leonor Fini / Pourquoi pas?, Bildmuseet, Umea universitet, 2014, p. 70
  • J. Tully, "Art Basel Miami Beach's Top 5 Must-See Stands", Robb Report, December 9, 2017
  • M. Cameron, in Museum of Sex (ed.), Leonor Fini: Theatre of Desire 1930-1990, 2018, p.22
  • R. Overstreet and N. Zukerman, Léonor Fini, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. I, Weinstein, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2021, p. 194
  • R. Overstreet and N. Zukerman, Léonor Fini, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, Weinstein, Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich, 2021, p. 310
  • 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. 50

Exhibitions

  • Leonor Fini, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo del Diamanti, Italy, July 2, 1983 — September 30, 1983
  • Leonor Fini: Retrospective, Sogo Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan, November 22, 1985 — May 11, 1986
  • Leonor Fini: Retrospective, Dalmaru Museum Umeda, Osaka, Japan, November 22, 1985 — May 11, 1986
  • Leonor Fini: Retrospective, Municipal Art Museum, Kltakyushu, Japan, November 22, 1985 — May 11, 1986
  • Leonor Fini: Retrospective, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan, November 22, 1985 — May 11, 1986
  • Les Somnanbules, Galerie Dionne, Paris, France, March 12, 1997 — June 28, 1997
  • Leonor Fini: Peintre du Fantastique, Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, November 22, 1997 — March 1, 1998
  • Leonor Fini and Her Contemporaries, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 01/01/2001 — 01/01/2002
  • Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy, July 4, 2009 — September 27, 2009
  • Une Grande Curiosité, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 01/01/2009 — 01/01/2010
  • The Sphinx's Riddle, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, 2012
  • Leonor Fini: Pourquoi Pas?, Bildmuseet, Umea University, Umea, Sweden, January 31, 2014 — May 11, 2014
  • Réalisme Irréal, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco, USA, September 26, 2015 — December 5, 2015
  • M. Naumann Fine Art, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, USA, December 7, 2017 — December 10, 2017
  • Leonor Fini: Theatre of Desire 1930-1990, Museum of Sex, New York, USA, September 28, 2018 — March 4, 2019
  • Leonor Fini, Lella Heller Gallery, Frieze Spotlight, New York, USA, May 2, 2019 — May 5, 2019
  • A Mysterious Vision. The Uncanny and Lingering Influences of Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Robilant et Voena, Milan, Italy, September 9, 2025 — October 17, 2025
  • A Mysterious Vision. The Uncanny and Lingering Influences of Surrealism in Contemporary Art, Robilant et Voena, NEW YORK, USA, May 7, 2025 — June 17, 2025

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