Leonor FINI

First edition, one of 60 copies on large paper signed on the justification by Leonor Fini and Jean Paul Guibbert, the only copies to include four etchings by the Surrealist artist. This copy numbered on grand vélin de Rives.

Minute tear at head of joint.

Enriched with a precious presentation inscription from Leonor Fini to the Surrealist Lise Deharme: "Pour Lise à qui je plais(t) et qui me plais(t) \ Leonor" [To Lise who delights in me and in whom I delight], accompanied by an original drawing of a mischievous cat beside the artist's signature.

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.”]