This is a superb original signed and numbered limited edition color lithograph by internationally acclaimed Surrealist artist LEONOR FINI (Argentina, 1908-1996, France), dated 1971.

This rare original color lithograph is from the "Livre D'Images" suite published by A.C. Mazo, Paris, in 1971. It is signed by the artist on the front lower right "Leonor Fini" and numbered on the lower left "59/166", from the total limited edition of only 166 impressions. It measures 19 ¼" x 25 ½", is printed on Arches 100% rag watermarked paper and is in good condition aside from a few soft handling creases at the sheet edges. Authenticity is GUARANTEED. Gallery retail: $5,000. Winning bidder please add $20.00 packing and priority shipping within the US. Please view my other auctions and eBay store for additional museum quality fine art and collectibles.

Leonor Fini was born in Buenos Aires and grew up in Trieste, where her work was exhibited for the first time when she was seventeen years old. She moved to Paris in 1937, where she met and exhibited with the leaders of the surrealist movement. Her work was the subject of writings by Jean Cocteau, Max Ernst, and Oiorgio de Chirico. Fini's work transcends the various currents of modern art, combining elements from her own imagery museum with a personal vocabulary of images and symbols. In her examination of her own biological and psychological roots, she presents a society dominated by women, often in mysterious settings, protected from the outside world. She explores her relationship with nature and its constant recycles of birth and death, expressing these ideas in such imagery as flowers, eggs, skulls, and skeletons. Fini's work has been exhibited throughout Europe and the United States, and is included in the permanent collections of many international museums.