Description: Magnificent 12x12 inch i and 1/2" thick art book about the goddess of feminine art and love, with two full page photographs by Eddy Brofferio in black and white of the artist as myth and many tipped-in color plates and black and white drawings on 120 of the 167 numbered pages. Includes extensive 3-page bibliography starting in 1935 of her exhibits, monographs, set and costume designs ( including Balanchine ballets and Walk with Love and Death by John Houston) books she illustrated and films about her and her work. Included is a New Year's greeting from Guillaume of Avenue Matignon, Paris, Coiffeur to the stars, illustrated with drawings by Leonor Fini from his collection and a tribute by Louise de Vilmorin "a novelist and poet and the most extraordinary of women. Married to a Hungarian count, her lovers included Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Orson Welles and Andre Malraux. But it was Duff Cooper, British Ambassador to France, during the 1940’s, who was the love of her life." ( Pushkin Press.)
Price: 100 USD
Location: Newport, Vermont
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Switzerland
Modification Description: Inscription from Pierre and Berthe [Beckhardt] Paris 1969
Publisher: Guilde du Livre et Clairefontaine
Subject: Art & Photography
Modified Item: Yes
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1953
Language: French
Illustrator: Leonor Fini
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Constantin Jelenski
Region: Europe
Topic: Fine Arts: Monographs
Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
