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LEONOR FINI BOOKS
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"Leonor
Fini The Fine Artist as Designer"
an article by Neil Zukerman
first published in A.B. Bookman, 1987
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NOTE: All books are Out
of Print with the exception
1A.
AURELIA Gerard DE NERVAL (French); Club International de Bibliophilie,
Jaspard, Polus & Cie, Monoco; 1960; 13 ¾" x 10 ¾"
w; brown cloth presentation box; 20 full page and 19 quarter page tinted
etchings (unsigned). Edition limited to 270 copies. This copy printed
on Arches, loose pages as Issued.=
2. CHATS D'ATELIER
(Studio Cats) Leonor FINI (French w/English Translation enclosed); Photographs
by Tana KALEYA; Editions Michèle Trinckvel; Paris/Guy Pieters;
Belgique; 1988 111/2" x 15" w; 10 pp. text; 87 pp. Fini's 19
cats in her studios with her paintings as background. Fini's love for
cats is legendary. This book is a paean to that of love. From sedate and
sleek to rambunctious and silly, the cats prowl the ateliers with curiosity,
mischievousness and unfailing charm- 2.a 2nd Edition,
1994. No Changes to text and no new material.--------------------------------------------- 3. CHATS DE MADAME
HELVETIUS (Madame Helvetius' Cats) Leonor FINI text (French) and illustrations;
Enrico Navarra, Editor; 1985; 18" x 111/2" w; orange cloth board
cover and orange ribbon tie; 14 tinted and 2 black & white Etchings;
Edition limited to 85 copies and an additional 15 copies for the artist;
all etchings initialed in the plate; signed and numbered on the colophon.
Lyrical etchings of cats and more cats! Many in fanciful dresses and robes.
4. CONTES MYSTERIEUX
ET FANTASTIQUES (Tales of Mystery and Imagination) Edgar Allan POE; Translated
into the French by Charles BAUDELAIR; Société Normande Des
Amis Du Livre; Paris; 1952; 13" x 101/4" w; 103 pp. 11 original
copper plate engravings by Fini with the last being signed in the plate.
Loose pages, as published, in blue paper board folio, further contained
in matching slip case. The edition is limited to 75 copies. Four tales
are included: Bérnice, Morella, Ligeia, and Eleonora. Some of the
most detailed of Fini's etchings. These dark, brooding illustrations magnificently
capture the horror that underlies these tales by Poe.
5. Le Concile
d'Armour (The Council of Love); Oskar PANIZZA (Translated from the German
by Oreste PUCCIANI); Forward by André Breton; Viking Press; NY;
1973; 7 3/4" x 5" w; 166 pp. including many photographs of the
production and 5 new drawings by Fini; cloth bound with dust jacket. This
is the play for which Fini won the equivalent of the "Tony"
for production and costume design. The often lewd and bawdy costumes,
along with a story that pushed the boundaries of sacrilege, caused a tremendous
scandal when it opened in Paris.= 6. DESCRIPTIONS
MERVEILLEUSES, LES (Marvelous Descriptions) Juan PIÑEIRO (French);
Editions D'Art Agori; Bourg-la-Reine; 1973; 11" x 13 3/4" w;
72 pp; 10 original signed tinted etchings. Grey marbled paper 7. **ELUS
DE LA NUIT, LES (The Chosen of the Night) Juan [Bautista] PIÑEIRO
(French); Editions Michèle Trinckvel; Paris; 1986; 15" x 11"
w; 60 pp. 11 original etchings, all signed by Fini; Beige cloth wraparound
cover in marbled paper slip case; 200 regular and 30 artist's copies comprise
the edition of this book of poetry. 7A. FANFARLO,
LA Charles BAUDELAIRE (French); Afterward by Yves FLORENNE; La Diane Francaise,
Nice; 1969; 37" x 28" w; 100pp; 12 original color lithographs,
each signed by Fini; Blue-grey silk presentation box; Loose pages, as
issued; Limited t to 155 copies of which this is number 73 and is signed
on the limitation page by LF.- 8. ETRANGERS,
LES (The Foreigners) Juan Bautista PIÑEIRO (French); Editions Michèle
Trinckvel; Paris; 9. FETES SECRETES (Secret Ceremonies) Jean-Claude DEDIEU (French); Editions du Regard; Paris; 1978; 11 pp. text and 72 full page reproduction drawings - many erotic. Quintessential Fini! This is probably the best collection of her drawings. ------9a.
DELUXE EDITION - Leather bound in cloth covered slip case.
200 copies signed by Fini 4 original etchings; 26 3/4" x 201/2"
w. each; signed by Fini; contained in a grey/beige portfolio with brown
ribbon tie.
11A. **LEONOR
FINI (Gallerie Dionne), Paris 1997. 197 Pages, Hard Bound, 12"h x
101/4"w. 46 Pages of Photographs of Leonor Fini by Cecil Beaton,
Horst, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eddie Brofferio, Richard Overstreet, André
Ostier, Serge Lido, Roger Vadim, Others. 92 Pages of Leonor Fini's art
work spanning the period from HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED ----------MOST
IMPORTANT EXHIBITION CATALOG -----HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION 13a. 2nd edition.
The only difference is the omission of the dates of the exhibition and
the change of publisher to Editions Michèle Trinckvel; Paris. Also
sold out before the end of the exhibition and has not been re-printed. 14. LEONOR FINI
(Japan Exhibition Catalog) Introduction by Leonor FINI, Constantin JELENSKI
(French/Japanese); 1985; 91/2" x 81/4" w; 156 pp color and black
& white illustrations of work and photographs of Fini; bound in pictorial
paper wraps. Almost no duplication with Luxembourg Catalog (Item 28).
Excellent!-- 15. LEONOR FINI;
Texts by Jacques AUDIBERTI, Yves BONNEFOY, Victor BRAUNER, Marcel BRION,
Jean C COCTEAU, Paul ELUARD, Max ERNST, Jean GENET, Jan KOTT, Giuseppe
MARCHIORI, Alberto MORAVIA, Mario PRAZ, Alberto SAVINIO (French); Editions
Hervas; Paris; 1981; 111/2" x 9" w; 51 pp text with 124 pp of
color and black & white reproductions of many paintings with detail
blow-ups; bound in pictorial paper wrap. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 16. LEONOR FINI
Jean-Claude DEDIEU (French); Editions Frédéric Birr; Paris;
1978; 14 3/4" x 11" w; 127 pp; 25 pp of text, with the balance
being color reproductions of paintings; black cloth board cover with dust
jacket featuring Ea. ell p produced with many paintings not contained
in other books. Beautiful blow-ups of details of the paintings.- 17. LEONOR FINI
(Galerie Les Arts Plastiques Modernes Catalog) Introduction by Jean-Claude
DEDIEU (French); 1978; 6 x 41/4" w; bound in red cloth boards; 46
pp; 17 color reproductions of paintings and details and VERY
IMPORTANT RETROSPECTIVE ===========RECOMMENDED -----19a.
Copy is near fine with clear glycine dust jacket.--------------------------------------------------- 20. LEONOR FINI
(Kaplan Gallery Catalog) Introduction by Max ERNST; London; 1960; 8 1/8"
square; 20 pp; 3 photographs
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FIRST CATALOG BY CFM / NEIL ZUKERMAN 23. LEONOR FINI
ET SON OEUVRE (LF and Her Work); Marcel BRION (French); Editions Jean-Jacque $500 (First Editon). 24. LEONOR FINI
GALLERIA Constantin JELENSKI (French); Editoriale Periodici Italiani;
Milano; 1963; 8" x 24 A.LLEONOR
FINI Gallery Lambert Monet Catalog. Includes "D'un Jour plus
clair que le jour" () by Yves FLORENNE (French); 1970; Edite
par Lambert Monet, Geneve; 9" square; 36 pp; color illustrations
of Prima Ballerina Assoluta, L'Entre-deux, Les Adelphes, Train de Jour,
Train de Nuit, La Belle dame sans merci, L'Envoi, Le Chapeau, Lointaine
Parente and Recreation; Beautiful black and white photo of LF; 1 black
and white illustration; Hardcover bound in dark blue fabric with white
lettering. As issued with no dust jacket. A little gem of a catalog. ----------...........---VERY
IMPORTANT RETROSPECTIVE ----HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
25a. Same except
"Palazzo Dei Diamanti" is not on spine and bound in pictorial
boards; No dustjacket.----- 26aa. Without
dust jacket.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
27. LEONOR FINI
[PEINTURES] (Leonor Fini [Paintings]) Preface by Leonor FINI (French);
Editions -----------------------..........-----MUST
HAVE - VERY IMPORTANT BOOK 28a. HC edition
limited to 5,000 copies printed for members of the Guilde du Livre; Numbered
copies; illustrated pictorial boards with imprinted black cloth spine.------------------------------------------------------------
29. LEONOR FINI PORTFOLIO Text
is an excerpt from Le Livre de Leonor Fini; Editions Daniel Briand; Toulouse;
1980; 15 3/4" x 111/4" w; 6 photo reproduced sketches, 10 color
prints: La Passagère, Vesper Express, Le Bout du Monde, Ea, Heliodora,
La Serrure, La Fête Secrète, La Guardian des Sources, Avant
de s'Endormir, and Le Couronnement de la Bienheureuse Feline; These prints
are of excellent quality and represent some of Fini's finest and most
famous works. Suitable for framing!- --------------------------------==---.......---HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED 31. FRUITS DE LA PASSION (Fruits
of Passion) Jean-Claude DEDIEU (French); Editions Des Maitres Du XXe 32. GRANDE PARADE
DES CHATS, LA (The Big Parade of Cats) Editions Agori; Paris; 1973; 131/4"
x 10" w; 60 original full color lithographs; bound in board cover
with Fini designed orange and black cats in slipcase of the same design;
edition of 230 with additional 35 copies for the artist. These colorful
cats run the gamut from serious to totally absurd! This is the cat-loving
Fini letting her legendary sense of the ridiculous run rampant! Since
this book has often been destroyed to allow the sale of individual lithos,
a bound copy is exceptionally rare. 33. HISTOIRE DE VIBRISSA (The
Story of Vibrissa) Leonor FINI text (French) and illustrations; Edition
Tchou; Paris; 1973; 171/2" x 6" w; 99 pp; edition of 250; signed
and numbered; maroon leather, gold embossed cover and spine, with tinted
etching on vellum inset into cover; gilt edges; contained in dark tan
paper slip case. This line illustrated play is a burlesque about a cat
queen and her friends. The text, in Fini's handwriting, is interspersed
with numerous funny sketches of cats in often droll, sometimes erotic,
poses and situations. Many of the characters are various person friends
of Fini. It is dedicated to the two men with whom she lived from the 1940's
until their untimely and tragic deaths in the 1980's. A wickedly funny
story with equally outrageous and wonderful pen and ink illustrations.
-----------------------.............-----FINI's
MOST FAMOUS ILLUSTRATIONS 34aa. Edition
Jean-Jacques Pauvert; 1975; 11" x 81/2" w; photo-reproduced
version of the above; Edition limited to 790; a 15" x 11" signed
and numbered original lithograph is included; loose pp, as issued, contained
in a 15 3/4" x 51/4" red cloth presentation box. There is some
question as to both the authenticity and the "legality" of this
edition. 35. LEÇONS,
LES (The Lessons) Preface by Patrick WALDBERG (French); Editions du Tamanoir;
Bruxelles; 1976; 27.5" x 21.5" w; 6 pp. text; 12 silkscreen
illustrations; bound in leather and marbled paper boards; signed by Waldberg
and Fini; limited to 275 copies with an additional 26 copies for the collaborators
of the edition; suite of the 12 silkscreens signed by Fini - in matching
marbled paper portfolio are contained with the book in sumptuous matching
leather and paper box. Many of Fini's most beautiful images, such as "Vesper
Express" and "Guardian of the Wells" are included. This
is another book which is difficult to locate in complete condition. It
weighs 23 lbs!- ----------------------------------.....-----JEAN
GENET WRITES ABOUT FINI 37. LIVRE D'IMAGES
(Book of Images) Juan [Bautista] PIÑEIRO (French); A.C. Mazo; Paris;
1971; 251/2" x 191/2 w; 12 pp text decorated with 5 color and 2 black
on white original lithographs with an additional 12 color and 1 black
& white, signed original lithographs; edition is limited to 166 copies
with unspecified number of "not for sale" copies; loose pages,
as issued, contained in a red cloth portfolio with red ribbon ties. One
of the most beautiful collections of large format lithographs by Fini.
Images such as Le Prince, Le Guetteur, L'Amie, and Rahat and Loukoum are
among her most sought after graphics. ------------------------------------------------------ -------------------.......----IF
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE BOOK THIS SHOULD BE IT 38a. 2nd Edition; Mermoud-Clairfontaine; 1979. Substantially the same as the original edition with about 15 pp of changed illustrations. This book has been discontinued with no plans for a re-printing. A tragedy!------------ $ 650 39. LIVRE DE
MONELLE Marcel SCHWOB (French); Editions L.C.L.; Paris; 1965; 7"
x 81/2 w; 108 pp; 20 beautiful, delicate line drawings. Edition of 3,000
numbered copies in gold stamped, beige boards with a matching houndstooth
paper slip case. Fini later expanded upon these drawings and illustrated
a "livre d'artiste" edition. 39A. LIVRE DE
MONELLE Marcel SCHWOB (French); Editions de la Difference; Paris; 1976;
19.5" x 13" w; 137 pp; 24 Original Etchings; Inner White Wrapper
with Black Printing on Front; Loose pages as issued. Additional Suite
of 24 Original Etchings pencil signed by Fini and numbered; Edition is
301 of which this is Number K/Z; contained in a hinged presentation box
covered in fabric printed with art nouveau design in green, purple, olive
and blue grey with gold stamped green leather label on spine. 40. MANUSCRIT
TROUVE A SARAGOSSE (Memoirs from Saragosse) Jean POTOCKI; Preface by Roger
GAILLOIS (French); La Compagnie des Bibliophiles du Livre D'Art et de
L'Amerique Latine; 1961; 15" x 101/4" w; 180 pp; 21 riginal
etchings (6 title and 15 full page); loose, as issued; white paper wrap
contained in white leather spine portfolio of red-orange cloth in matching
slip case with the front edged in white leather; edition of 150 numbered
copies printed with the original recipient's name; 30 additional copies
were done with Roman numerals. The elegance of the line etchings is exquisite!
Some of finest line drawings ever done! This book, perhaps, more than
any other secures Fini's place amongst the great illustrators.- 41. MERVEILLES DE LA NATURE,
LES (Nature's Marvels) Introduction by Severo SARDUY (French); Jean-Jacques
Pauvert; Rome; 1971; 131/2" x 101/2 w; 96 pp; 52 sepia and 47 black
& white photo-reproduction drawings; red cloth boards with gold imprint
on spine and front cover, in matching slip case. "X" rated collection
of highly graphic and erotic drawings.- -----------------------------------.........----
A MUST FOR CATOPHILES! 42B.
MONSIEUR
VENUS, Text by Ramon de RACHILDE [Marguerite Eymeryl] (French); Editions
D'Art Agori, Paris, 1972; 17" x 13.5"w, 192 pp; 35 Original
Etchings; Edition of 275 plus 20 copies for the collaborators and an additional
H.C. specified for Arianne Lancel. The following is a quote from an unidentified
reviewer of the story, "Rachilde's masterpiece, Monsieur Venus (1884)
is the ultimate decadent novel. It has something for every sexual non-conformist;
transvestism (both male and female), sadism, masochism, fetishism, homoeroticism,
and even symbolic necrophilia. Rachilde's genius lies in her poetic ability
to express the protean possibilities of gender. More than a mere reversal
of stereotypical gender roles, her story destroys the boundries....."
Is it any wonder that Fini was drawn to this text? The illustrations are
among her most lyrical and 'pretty' oeuvre. 42Ba. MONSIEUR
VENUS book number 14. This special number includes: 43. MOURMOUR,
CONTE POUR ENFANTS VELUS (Mourmour, Tale for Hairy Children) Leonor FINI
(French); Editions de la Difference; Paris; 1976; 81/4" x 5 3/4"
w; 131 pp; no illustrations; bound in pale green paper wrap. A surreal
tale by Fini. Very bizarre, yet strangely sweet.- 43A. TRAUMTRAGER, DER (The
Dream Bearer); Vis-a-Vis; Berlin; 1985; German translation of item #37;
44. OH! VIOLETTE
ou LA POLITESSE DES VEGETAUX (Oh! Violette or the Manners of Vegetables)
Lise DEHARME (pseudonym of Anne-Marie Hirtz); (French); Eric Losfeld Editions;
Paris; 1969; 81/2" x 51/2" w; 248 pp; 8 full page line illustrations
on shocking pink paper; bound in olive cloth boards with an illustrated
dust jacket of the same pink. One of two books illustrated by Fini for
this surrealist writer.- 45. *PARCOURS
DANS L'OEUVRE DE LEONOR FINI (Paths in the Work of Leonor Fini) Titziana
VILLANI (Translated into French from the Italian by Jean-Claude DEDIEU);
Editions Michèle Trinckvel; Paris; 1989; 154 pp; many color reproductions
of paintings; embossed black cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket. A
scholarly dissertation on the psychological threads running through Fini's
work by a young Italian poet who spent considerable time with Fini during
her bereavement after the death of Constantin Jelenski in 1987.- 46. PETITES FILLES
MODELES, LES (Perfect Little Girls) Comtesse de SEGUR (French); Editions
Art et Valeurs; Paris; 1973; 221/2" x 151/4" w; 170 pp; 20 signed
original tinted etchings; edition of 275 with 30 additional Artist's copies;
loose pages as issued; contained in a red cardboard "faux" book
with red cloth cover heavily embossed with gold lettering and both gold
and blind embossed decorations. The fay, sometimes nasty, illustrations
say all there is to be said about little girls. From sweet to cruel, it
is all there mirroring Fini's view of children "I don't like them
because when they are in a room, no one pays attention to me!"
48a. (German); Edition Vis-a-Vis;
Berlin; 1983; 7" x 41/2" w; 80 pp; 10 black & white reproductions
of drawings done for this edition; paper wrap with black & white reproduction
of Rogomelec on front cover. In print.-----
50. SABBAT RESSUSCITE
PAR LEONOR FINI, LE (The Witches' Sabbath Resurrected For Leonor Fini)
Jacques AUDIBERTI (French); Societe des Amis du Livre; Paris; 1957; 15"
x 11" w; 124 pp 10 full page etchings of witches in full regalia,
24 small etchings of demons, zombies and other night creatures and 1 full
page etching embodying the spirit of the black sabbath; loose pages, as
published, in paper wraps in a pale greenish cloth folio in a matching
slip case: An edition of 90 with an additional 15 Artist's copies. This,
the most macabre of Fini's works, is brilliant! The powerful etchings
thrill rather than terrify while lingering in the memory. 50A. SEPT PECHES
CAPITAUX, LES (Seven Deadly Sins) Jacques PERRET (French); La Belle Page
- La Diane Francaise, Nice;1967; 17" x 13" w; 112 pp; 8 full
page original color lithographs, 1 of each sin and one of the 7 sins together,
all signed by Fini; . Red cloth presentation box; loose pages, as issued.
This is an edition of 199 copies, of which this is number 147.- 52. TEMPETE,
LA (The Tempest) William SHAKESPEARE (Translation by André Du BOUCHET)
(French); Le Compte d'un Amateur; Paris; 1965; 16" x 12" w;
172 pp. 26 original lithographs - 11 full page, 5 half page, and five
title pages; loose pages as issued, in lithograph paper cover; grey fabric
box; edition limited to 200; signed on the limitation page by LF and AdB.
Considered by Fini to be her most beautiful book. The soft, watercolor-like
lithographs capture the dream-like feeling of this tale. A perfect example
of Fini matching the medium and style to the text! 52A.
TENTATION DE SAINT ANTOINE (Temptation of St. Anthony) Gustave FLAUBERT
(French);Les Editions Fagola de Turin; 1966; 12" x 8" w; 248
pp. 10 Original full page Lithographs pencil signed by LF. This copy has
been bound in red leather with gold tooling and is contained in a pumkin
colored slip case with top and bottom edged in red leather. [note: book
was originally released in folio] The illustrations are very soft and
are among LF's most beautiful. This book was done in an edition of 396.
This is copy "S" of 21 lettered copies that were reserved for
the collaborators. There is a faux wood book mark with a Fini Etching
that is printed with an "S" that is particular to this book.
A very hard to find book. 53. TRAGEDIE
DE ROMEO ET JULIETTE, LA William SHAKESPEARE (Adapted by Yves FLORENNE)
(French); Editions La Diane Français; Nice; 1979; 16 3/4"
x 13 1/4" w; 152 pp. 12 silkscreens signed and numbered: also signed
on the colophon; 195 copies: loose as issued, in paper wrap; red cloth
box with blind embossed Leonor Fini signature and gold stamping on spine.
The romance and the tragedy are fully explored in strong colors and images. 53A. TRAGODIE
DES ORPHEUS, DIE (Tragedy of Orpheus), Rudolph HAGELSTANGE (German) 54. VISAGES POUR DELIE Maurice
SCEVE (French); Ethis; Geneva; 1974; 26 x 20" w; 12 signed original
lithographs with poems by Scève; edition of 320 (Includes 20 Artist's
copies); loose pages as issued; contained in a grey cloth board. These
lithographs were done as a memorial to the great Italian actress, Anna
Magnanni, who was an extremely close friend of Fini. Upon learning of
Magnanni's death, Fini "retired" to her atelier where she refused
to come out or allow anyone else to come in for a matter of days. She
had food left on trays outside of the door. When she came out she spoke
to her agent at the time, Lambert Monet; gave him the watercolors she
had done and said, "This is for Anna, do something with them."
The result is this portfolio.- --------------
-------------------..............------HIGEST RECOMMENDATION
56A. PLAYING
CARDS Acanthe; Paris; 1950's; Standard Deck of 52 cards with additional
2 jokers; 2 decks with differnt colored design on backs; jacks, queens,
kings and jokers are designs by Fini representing caricatures of Fini,
Stanislao Lepri and Constantin Jelenski (The three lived together from
the 40's into the 80's) These are the original publication of the playing
cards. They are housed in a split box that is contained by a slip cover;
both in light tan paper. The cards are used but have no tears or bends
in them. The slipcase is a bit battered and has some water stains on it.
NOTE: The original illustrations for the face cards
are available at CFM for purchase. 57. PLAYING CARDS Galerie Dionne; Paris; 1992; Standard Deck of 52 cards with additional 2 jokers; limited edition of 1,000 each of 2 designs; jacks, queens, kings and jokers are designs by Fini representing caricatures of Fini, Stanislao Lepri and Constantin Jelenski (The three lived together from the 40's into the 80's) These are reproductions of the original decks. The back designs are new to this set. -------57a.
Playing Cards with design of Cat on backs--------------------------------------------------------
58. POSTAGE STAMPS Issued by the Republica Democratica de S. Tomé E Principe; 1981. A small island off the west coast of Africa, S. Tomé E Principe does not subscribe to international copyright laws and their prime source of income is producing commemorative postage stamps. They selected two of Fini's paintings for issuance. -------58a.
Db1.50 Stamp; 2" x 1 3/8" w; portrays the head of a beautiful
white cat in full color. ---------------- -------58b.
Db75 Stamp; 2" x 1 3/8" w; perforated in 4" x 5 3/4"
wide pictorial presentation; Les Mutantes (Three littlegirls on a swing,
each holding a cat whom they resemble) is in the center with 4 photographs
of Fini's cats decorating each corner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59. THE PARIS
REVIEW Summer-Fall 1960; Leonor Fini "a portfolio"; 1 pp text
in English by Luce HOCTIN; 1 black and white illustration of a self portrait
that was created for "Justine" in 1944; 6 pp black & white
illustrations.-
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