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C'est fini: An Important Private Collection of Surrealist ArtLeonor Fini1908 - 1996Rasch, Rasch, Rasch, meine Puppen Warten (Hurry, Hurry, Hurry... My Dolls are Waiting) signed Leonor Fini (lower right); signed LEONOR FINI titled and dated 1975 on the stretcheroil on canvas113.8 by 145.5cm., 44¾by 57¼in.Framed: 113.8 by 145.5cm., 52¾ by 57¼in.Painted in 1975.Condition reportFor further information on the condition of this lot please contact Lisa.Stevenson@sothebys.com ProvenancePieters-Malfait, Belgium (acquired from the artist circa 1978. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 9th June 1999, lot 205) Purchased at the above sale by the present ownerLiteratureJosé Alvarez, ed., Le livre de Leonor Fini Paris, 1975 Leonor Fini & José Alvarez Leonor Fini Das grosse Bilderbuch, Munich, 1975, illustrated in colour n.p. Werner Weber 'Die Sphinx, die sich zu verwandeln liebt - Portrait Leonor Fini' in Westermanns Monatshefte, Braunschweig, 1976, pp. 45-46 Jean-Claude Dedieu, Leonor Fini Paris, 1978, illustrated in colour pp. 88-89 (with inverse dimensions) Constantin Jelenski et al., Leonor Fini Découverte et Masquée, Paris, 1978 Leonor Fini Le Livre de Leonor Fini Lausanne, 1979 Leonor Fini & Xaviere Gauthier, Leonor Fini Paris, 1979 Konstanty A Jeleńsk, Leonor Fini peinture, Lausanne, 1980 Leonor Fini & Jacques Audiberti, Leonor Fini Paris, 1981 Pierre Borgue & Jean Burgos, Leonor Fini ou le Théâtre de l'imaginaire : mythes et symboles de l'univers finien, Paris, 1983 Michel Foucault, Leonor Fini & Clancier Georges-Emmanuel, L'autoportrait Texte imprimé, Paris, 1983, no. 5 Dupont, 'Les Sortilèges de la Fée Leonor' in Paris Match, 13th June, 1986, p. 106 Jean-Marie Rouart, La Femme de proie, 1991, detail on the cover Contemporary Great Masters (ed.), Leonor Fini Tokyo, 1993 Leonor Fini Leonor Fini peintures, Paris, 1994, illustrated pp. 76 & 77 Georget, 'Leonor Fini, La Fée de Venise' in Paris Match, Paris, 1st February 1996, p. 87 (image is reversed) Neil Zukerman, Illustrated Catalogue of Leonor Fini Books at CFM Gallery, New York, 2005, pp. 45 & 60 Peter Webb, Leonor Fini Métamorphoses d’un art, Paris, 2007 Peter Webb, Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini New York, 2009 Maria Masau Dan & Vanja Strukelj, Leonor Fini Florence, 2010 Preuda, 'Leonor strega New York. I suoi quadri piacciono a Madonna e Johnny Depp' in Il Piccolo, Trieste, January 2019, pp. 24-25 Martha Schwendener, 'What to see in New York Art Galleries Right Now' in The New York Times, February 2019, p.C14 Richard Overstreet & Neil Zukerman, Leonor Fini Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, Zurich, 2021, no. 835, illustrated in colour p. 449ExhibitedNormandy, Château de Vascoeuil, Leonor Fini au Château de Vascoeuil, 1977, no. 1 Sint-Martens-Latem, Musée d'Art Moderne, 1978, no. 18 Oostende, Casino Kursaal, 1980, no. 34 Brussels, Centre Rops, Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1982 Ferrara, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, 1983, no. 21, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Paris, Musée du Luxembourg, Leonor Fini 1986, no. 42, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Bad Frankenhausen, Germany, Panorama Museum, Leonor Fini Peintre du Fantastique, 1997-98, no. 26 Trieste, Museo Revoltella, Leonor Fini L'Italienne de Paris, 2009, detail illustrated on the cover San Francisco, Weinstein Gallery, Leonor Fini Une Grande Curiosité, 2009-10 CFM Gallery, New York, Leonor Fini Paintings 1931-1987, 2010 CFM Gallery, American Pavillion, Shanghai Art Fair, 2011 New York, Museum of Sex, Theatre of Desire, 2018-19