Robert COHEN

Original gelatin silver print depicting Leonor Fini dressed in a satin costume imitating cabbage leaves and wearing a diamond necklace.
On the verso, photographer Robert Cohen's Agip agency stamp and an affixed caption slip reading: "Le Bal des Quat'saisons. Des personnages de la haute couture, des arts, de la diplomatie, ont assisté la nuit dernière chez le baron et la baronne de Cabrol, avenue Foch, à un bal auquel les invités devaient arriver transformés en légumes et en animaux domestiques. Le peintre Leonor Fini en costume rappelant un chou. 25 Mars 1949" ["The Ball of the Four Seasons. Figures from haute couture, the arts, and diplomacy attended last night, at the home of Baron and Baroness de Cabrol on Avenue Foch, a ball at which guests were required to arrive disguised as vegetables or household animals. The painter Leonor Fini appeared in a costume evoking a cabbage. March 25, 1949"]

Original gelatin silver print depicting Leonor Fini wearing a crocodile headpiece and holding a large bouquet of flowers.
On the verso, photographer Robert Cohen’s Agip agency stamp and an affixed caption slip reading: "Le Bal des Quat'saisons. Des personnages de la haute couture, des arts, de la diplomatie, ont assisté la nuit dernière chez le baron et la baronne de Cabrol, avenue Foch, à un bal auquel les invités devaient arriver transformés en légumes et en animaux domestiques. Le peintre Leonor Fini en costume rappelant un chou. 25 Mars 1949" [“The Four Seasons Ball. Last night, prominent figures from fashion, the arts, and diplomacy gathered at Baron and Baroness de Cabrol’s residence on Avenue Foch for a ball [crossed-out], where guests were expected to appear as vegetables and domestic animals. The painter LEONOR FINI [crossed-out] took part in this costume. 25 March 1949.”]