jelenski – Leonor Fini (1972, book)

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KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs - Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) - Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket - volume of graphic works contains 171 Color and B/W illustrations of engravings and lithographs including dozens of color plates that are "tipped in" and easily removable for framing.

KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs – Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) – Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket – volume of graphic works contains 171 Color and B/W illustrations of engravings and lithographs including dozens of color plates that are “tipped in” and easily removable for framing.

Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) - Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket - volume of graphic works - composite photo with examples of content, including B/W photos of the artist and a self-portrait (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs)

Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) – Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket – volume of graphic works – composite photo with examples of content, including B/W photos of the artist and a self-portrait (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs)

Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) - Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket - volume of graphic works - composite photo with examples of content; all art plates are "tipped in" and easily removed for framing (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs)

Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) – Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket – volume of graphic works – composite photo with examples of content; all art plates are “tipped in” and easily removed for framing (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs)

Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) - Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket - volume of graphic works - composite photo with 6 views to show book with dustcover and without, and with plain slipcase (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs)

Leonor Fini by Constantin Jelenski (text) and Leonor Fini (illustrations) – Editions Clairfontaine, La Guilde du Livre, 1972 Hardcover book in dustjacket – volume of graphic works – composite photo with 6 views to show book with dustcover and without, and with plain slipcase (available from KerrisdaleGallery.com, Stock ID#FIN172bs)

TITLE: Leonor Fini

171 Illustrations, many in Full-Color, detachable "paste-down" plates, suitable for framing. Text in French.

by Constantin Jelenski

DESCRIPTION

Illustrated dustjacket plus 171 Illustrations, most Full-Page. B/W Sketches and Full-Colour lithos on heavy cream paper. Includes dozens of art prints, color plates lightly affixed to pages, a few of which have come loose but are included with book. They are intended to be detached for framing.

Clairfontaine, 1972, Hardcover in dustjacket with slipcase, First Edition

  • Price: $125.00 ($CAD)
  • Stock ID: FIN172bs

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

  • Title: Leonor Fini
  • Credits:

    Leonor Fini (illustrations), Constantin Jelenski (text, in French)

  • Language: French
  • Publisher: Editions Clairfontaine Copyright 1968 et 1972 La Guilde du Livre et Clairfontaine, Lausanne. Printed in Switzerland. Copyright illustrations Leonor Fini.
  • Publication Date: 1972
  • Edition: Third Edition No.781
  • ISBN: not stated
  • Format: Hardcover in dustjacket, Square format, Heavy
  • Binding: cloth, black on boards with silver lettering on front and spine
  • Condition:

    Fine - near new, all clean and fresh.

  • Dustjacket: Fine - Glossy black paper with full-color illustration on front cover and silver script "Leonor Fini" across back cover. Clear mylar outer cover has section torn away on upper front cover but dustjacket underneath is not affected. Housed in a Good conditon slipcase plain paper slipcase which shows tanning and minor shelfwear.
  • Illustrations: 171 Illustrations: the majority are art prints, Black & White and Full-Color reproductions of oil paintings. These art prints are detachable from the pages and suitable for framing. Illustrations also include B/W sketches and an illustrated front cover.
  • Pages: 176 pages, white endpapers
  • Dimensions (HxWxD): 12.25 x 12.25 x 1.5 inches | 31 x 31 x 4 cm
  • Weight: 5 lb, 6.9 oz | 2464 grams

SYNOPSIS

Leonor Fini Oeuvre Graphique
by Constantin Jelenski (text in French)
Contents include:

    Two Illustrations – followed by:
    p.5 Text begins
    Four full-page photos in B/W of Leonor Fini, dressed dramatically
    p.13-28 Text continues
    Additional four full-page photos in B/W of Leonor Fini, dressed dramatically
    p.33-40 Text continues
    p.41-171 Illustrations from paintings created 1937 to 1971, reproduced in B/W and Color, one plate per each side of the page
    p.172-173 Table des Illustrations
    p.174-175 Bibliography
    p.176 Publishing Information

BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

  • Leonor Fini (Argentine-Italian, 1907-1996)
  • a self-taught artist active with the Surrealists, a strong woman whose art and lifestyle was theatrical, flamboyant and unconventional

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by Artist: 1900s, Argentine, European, Fini, Italian, Leonor, Leonor Fini
by Collection: Abstract, Activity, Black & White, Book, Contemporary, Dreamscape, Dustjacket, Erotic Art, European, Fantasy, Fashion, Figures & Groups, First Edition, French, Hardcover, Modern, Nude, Portrait, Surrealism

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