Leonor Fini
(Argentine/French, 1908-1996)
Untitled (Self Portrait), 1973, (Mannequin Created for Exhibition TCHOU, Paris)
paint, cloth and plaster on papier mache
70 x 19 x 15 inches.

Provenance:
Leonor Fini, 1973
Acquired by trade with the artist by Jacques Lipchitz, New York, New York, 1973
Yulla Lipchitz, 1973 - c 1975
Jerome S. and Ida Ely Rubin, Greenwich, Connecticut, c 1975 - 2004
The Honorable and Mrs. Joseph P. Carroll, New York, New York, 2004

Exhibited:
Paris, Altman-Carpentier Gallery, 1973

Literature:
Affidavit dated 24 October 2004 attesting to the above.
Richard Overstreet, Leonor Fini Estate and Archives, letter dated 17
November 2004 in which he notes:
“In 1973, Leonor Fini created for the French publisher and art dealer
TCHOU an edition of six solid gold (490 grams) “jewel-sculptures” (the
artist’s definition) in the shape of 2 chamois horns. They were designed to
be worn as a sort of “tiara” on the head, or as a necklace, or to be
displayed on a small pedestal. This edition was entitled “Subjet en Or.”
For the public display and launching of this edition, TCHOU took over
the Altman-Carpentier Gallery on the Avenue Matignon for one month
and presented the horns on six mannequins (photographs in the
archives.)
The gowns and drapery of the mannequins were designed and executed
by Genevieve Sevin-Doring, a long-time collaborator of the artist in
theatre productions. The heads of the mannequins, in plaster of Paris and
covered in gold mesh-mail, were designed by Leonor Fini and executed by
a craftsman in Marseille. After the month-long presentation, the
mannequins were, for the most part, disassembled and/or destroyed…”

Leonor Fini, 1973

Acquired in trade with the artist by Jacques Lipchitz, New York, New York, 1973

Yulla Lipchitz, 1973 - c 1975

Jerome S. and Ida Ely Rubin, Greenwich, Connecticut, c 1975 - 2004

The Honorable and Mrs. Joseph P. Carroll, New York, New York, 2004

Exhibited: Altman-Carpentier Gallery, Paris, France, 1973

Literature: Affidavit dated 24 October 2004 attesting to the above. Richard Overstreet, Leonor Fini Estate and Archives, letter dated 17 November 2004

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Untitled (Self Portrait), 1973, (Mannequin Created for Exhibition TCHOU, Paris)

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Untitled (Self Portrait), 1973, (Mannequin Created for Exhibition TCHOU, Paris)

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