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LEONOR FINI 2 Drawings + 42 Etchings

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LEONOR FINI 2 Drawings + 42 Etchings
LEONOR FINI
Buenos Aires 1908 - 1996 Paris

Manuscrit Trouv Saragosse - 1961
Original Portfolio with Two Hand Signed Drawings, One Hand Signed Lithograph and 42 Original Etchings

Title : Manuscrit Trouv Saragosse.

Technique : Portfolio with Two Hand Signed Drawings, One Hand Signed Lithograph and 42 Original Etchings on Velin (wove) paper.

1. Drawing 1 Size : 41.5 X 21 cm / 16.3 X 8.2 inch.

2. Drawing 2 Size : 37 X 29.5 cm / 14.5 X 11.6 inch.

Etchings and Lithograph Size : 38 X 25.5 cm / 15 X 10 inch.

Additional Information : This Portfolio includes Two Hand Signed original Drawings, One Hand Signed Lithograph, and 42 Etchings by Leonor Fini and text and poems by Jean Potocki.
The two Hand Signed Drawings come in there own separate original matting and the Hand signed Lithograph is printed on the menu of the specially made dinner for the occasion of the publication of this portfolio.
The first 130 out of the 150 portfolios made were specially printed for the members of Compagnie des Bibliophiles du Livre D'art et de L'amerique Latine.
21 of the works are bond in double pages some with text and some with other etchings.
The other 21 are printed in Sangine/Red Color and are in a Separate case each printed on there own individual sheet of paper. These Etchings are printed on loose pages separate from the Portfolio so they can be individaully framed
The Portoflio and Drawings were made in 1961 in a limited edition of 150 Impressions by Georges Leblanc, Paris France.
The portfolio is covered with a Orange fabric cover.
It includes except of the two Drawings Lithograph and 42 etchings 174 pages of text and poems by Jean Potocki.
The two drawings were made by Leonor Fini in proportion for this special edition portfolio and were used to make the plates for two of the etchings.
this special edition portfolio was printed especially to Monsieur Jacques Fougerolle and is Numbered 93 (out of 150) on the justification page.
Published by Compagnie des Bibliophiles du Livre D'art et de L'amerique Latine, Paris in 1961.

Provenance : Bibliotheque Jacques Fougerolle.

Condition : The Portfolio Etchings and Lithograph are all in Excellent condition, one of the drawings has a few stains (see photograph) other wise both are in good condition

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