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........LEONOR......
.FINI............
.................L'ITALIENNE...........
..........DE PARIS........................
Revoltella Museum
July
4 to September 27, 2009
Extended thru
October 18, 2009
Trieste, Italy
Well, it
is official. The largest museum retrospective of Fini's work is now up
and open to the public
and
IT IS PHEONOMINAL!
Maria
Masau Dan, the Director of the Musem Revoltella, in Trieste where Leonor
grew up,
has
mangaged to gather together over 250 works from collections all over the
world.
...
One of the highlights
is Le Jeux des Jambes (Game of Legs) which was Leonor's contribution to
the Dada and Surrealism Exhibition at the New York Museum of Modern Art
in 1936. Long buried in a private collection, this is the first time in
over half a century that anyone has had the opportunity to see it in color.
In the MOMA catalog and all other incarnations it is in black and white.
L to R - Maria Masau Dan; Massimo Greco, Minister of Culture;
Peter Webb and translator.
Peter Webb, the author of Fini's biography
was present and spoke at the opening ceremony.
The English language edition of the book is scheduled for release by Vendome
Press in Late September or early October, 2009.
CFM is very proud to
have lent a number of the artworks being exhibited. Offering the opportunity
to show many of the pieces that we own to a new audience is very gratifying.
For myself, being able to once again see L'Ametie (from the collection
of Valentina Cortese) was a decided treat
It was very special going to see
the apartment where Leonor spent her childhood and to envision her on
the balcony where she and her younger cousin, Oscar de Mejo, would fill
balloons with water and loose them on the unsuspecting passersby below.
..
Richard Overstreet and Arlette Souhami ................................Maria
Masau Dan..and..Neil
Zukerman .
The New York Times, in it's November
29, 1936 review of Fini's joint exhibition with Max Ernst, said about
this diptych,
"She has all sorts of queer notions in her head, and some of them,
it is to be feared, aren't quite "nice."
Fini's reaction was to tell them to "Go To Hell!"
...................
CFM would like
to extend a special thanks to the Museum and and its staff for creating
this wonderful exhibition.
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