Leonor Fini ( BUENOS AIRES  1907 - PARIGI  1996 )

Portrait of Valentina Cortese and her son, Jackie, 1957 oil on canvas, cm 64.5x91 Signed lower right In an 18th-century carved and lacquered giltwood frame (minor defects)   Provenance Valentina Cortese Collection, Milan   Exhibitions "Leonor Fini Portraits" La Malmaison, Cannes, 23 February - 5 May, 2002. "Leonor Fini: L'Italienne de Paris, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, 4 July - 27 September, 2009.   Literature N. Zukerman, "Illustrated Catalog of Leonor Fini Books Currently Available at CFM Gallery," New York, CFM Gallery, 2005. R. Overstreet, N. Zukerman "Leonor Fini, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings" Zurich, Ed. Verlag Scheidegger & Spiess, 2021, Vol. II, pp.382 - 383 n. 566 ill. in colors.   The SOPRINTENDENZA ARCHEOLOGICA, BELLE ARTI E PAESAGGIO DELLA CITTÀ DI MILANO (Italian National Heritage) sent us a notice on 28 February at 23,16 p.m. stating the start of the procedure of declaration of particularly important artistic and historical interest.  

Estimate € 4,000 - 5,000

Sold € 45,000