The richly illustrated catalogue presents paintings, drawings, and objects spanning seventy years of Leonor Fini's career, conveying the artist's singular visual language, which moves between dream, myth, and theatrical staging. Through their contributions, international experts and companions of Fini paint a comprehensive picture of Leonor Fini as both a personality and an artist. A rebel in her art as in her private life, Fini confidently explored her role as an artist and as a woman in her work. Themes such as emancipation, androgyny, eros, metamorphosis, and transience run through her oeuvre, as does a playful approach to masks, costumes, and gender roles. In numerous photographs by renowned photographers and an extensive biography, the book also introduces Leonor Fini as a captivating personality who fashioned herself as a free-spirited and glamorous icon.

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Leonor Fini catalog, edited by Ingrid Pfeiffer (SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE FRANKFURT) and Julia Garimorth (Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris), with contributions by Cornelia Eisendle, Patrick Fischer, Julia Garimorth, Andrea Kollnitz, Alyce Mahon, Morad Montazami, Richard Overstreet, and Ingrid Pfeiffer, and a joint foreword by the directors Sebastian Baden and Fabrice Hergott. German and English editions, 272 pages each, approx. 220 illustrations, 24 × 29 cm, hardcover, Hirmer Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7774-4768-1 (German edition), ISBN 978-3-7774-4769-8 (English edition), 39 € (SCHIRN), 50 € (bookshops)