Les Etrangers
The Strange Ones
(1976)
Juan Bautista Pineiro
Editions Michele Trinckvel, Paris
18 signed original tinted etchings, loose pages as issued; Paper
wraps, illustrated paper covered presentation box. Contains some
of Fini's best etchings. The creatures depicted in both word and
image are bizarre, charming, serious, playful and utterly captivating.
Edition of 186, Plus 25 Artist's Copies
$7,500
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Les Lecons
Lessons
(1976)
Preface by Patrick Waldberg
Editions du Tamanoir, Bruxelles
12 large format silkscreen illustrations; bound in leathe and
marbled paper boards (signed by Waldberg and Fini) in matching
marbled paper portfolio are contained with the book in asumptuous
matching leather and paper box. Includes many of Fini's most beautiful
images such as "Vesper Express" and "Guardian of
the Wells." This huge (23lb book) is an extremely rare find.
Edition of 275, Plus 26 Artist's Copies
$17,500
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Livre de Monelle
(1976)
Marcel Schwob
Editions de la Difference, Paris
24 Original signed etchings: Inner white wrapper and black printing
on front. Loose pages as issued; Additional suite of 24 original
etchings pencil signed by Fini and individually numbered. Contained
in a hinged presentation box covered in fabric printed with an
art nouveau design with gold stamped green leather on spine.
Edition of 301.
$6,500
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Mourmour, Conte pour Enfants
Velus
Mourmour, A Fairy Tale for Hairy Children
(1976)
Leonor Fini
Editions de la Difference, Paris
No interior illustrations. Bound in pale green paper wrap with pictorial
dust jacket. A surreal tale by Fini. Very bizarre, yet strangely
sweet.
$300
Without Pictorial Dust Jacket
$200
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Sultanes et Magiciennes des
Mille et Une Nuits
Sultans and Enchantresses of the 1,001 Nights
(1976)
Leonor Fini
Edition Galerie Carpenter, Paris
9 silkscreens with Fini's hand designed title pages.
All silkscreens are signed, numbered and blind embossed with Fini's
own cat seal. Includes "Les Deux Soeurs Jalouses," one
of her most beautiful images.
Edition of 275, Plus 50 HC Copies
$20,000
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Miroir des
Chats
Reflected Cats
(1977)
Leonor Fini
Photographs by
Richard Overstreet
Editions de la Difference, Paris
Beige stipple finish cloth binding with embossed lettering and
a colorful pictorial dust jacket. The photographs of Leonor Fini
and her cats re some of the most beautiful ever taken, while the
reproduction and printing are of extraordianry quality.
$650
Without Dust Jacket
$575
Also available in a Reprinted Edition (2009).
$175
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Le Roman de la Rose
Story of the Rose
(1977)
Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun
Translated to French and annoted tated by Andre Lanly and preceded
by a study by Georges Duby
Editions Champion, Paris
12 unsigned colored lithographs bound in tooled, gold embossed
reddish brown leather cover, in matching leather edged tan marbled
paper slip case, 46 black and white reproductions of medieval
wood block illustrations; black and white illuminated letters
start each paragraph.
Fini's illustrations
7,971 copies were printed
(3,500 on Velin Stendhal paper)
$650
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Fetes Secretes
Secret Ceremonies
(1978)
Jean-Claude Dedieu
Editions du Regard, Paris
11 pages of text and 72 full page reproduction drawings- many
erotic. Quintessential Fini. This is probably the best collection
of Leonor Fini drawings ever assembled. Bound in grey/beige
cloth boards with a beautiful marbled dust jacket.
Edition of 5000
$475
Also available is a "Pirate" Edition unauthorized
by Fini, which contains only 63 of the original 72 illustrations
$200
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Leonor Fini
Galerie Les Arts Plastiques Modernes Catalogue
(1978)
Introduction by Jean-Claude Dedieu
Bound in red cloth boards; 17 color reprodutions
of paintings, details and 1 black and white photograph of Fini
with some of her cats.$150
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Leonor Fini
(1978)
Jean-Claude Dedieu
Editions Frederic Birr, Paris
22 pages of text with the balance being color
reproductions of painting; black cloth board covered with a pictorial
dust jacked (featuring "Ea").Well produced with many
paintings not contained in any other books. Beautiful blow-up
details of many of the paintings.
$400
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Rogomelec
(1979)
Leonor Fini
Editions Stock, Paris
14 black and white illustrations, paper wrap with color reproduction
of "Rogomelec" on the front cover. Another surrealistic
tale by Fini.
$75
Also available in a German langauge version with
10 black and white reproductions of drawings done especially for
this edition.
$40
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Le Tragedie de Romeo et Juliette
(1979)
William Shakespeare
Adaped by Yves Florence
Editions La Diane Francais, Nice
12 signed and numbered silkscreens. The book is signed on the
colophon. Loose pages as issued, paper wraps, red cloth box with
blind embossed Leonor Fini signature and gold stamping on the
spine. The romance and tragedy are fully explored in strong colors
and images.
Edition of 195
$8,500
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