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Tribute to Leonor Fini
Leonor Fini and Marie-Laure de Noailles © Brassaï
Leonor Fini wearing a feathered mask, Vogue, Unknown photographer, 1946
Masques de Leonor Fini by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, La Parade Éditions André Bonne, Paris, 1951. Photo © André Ostier
Danseurs dans « Les Demoiselles de la Nuit, » 1949. Photo © Brassaï
Ballets russes, 1930. Photo © Horst P. Horst
Danseurs dans »Les Demoiselles de la Nuit, » 1949. Photo © Brassaï
Dancer with cat mask, paris, 1930′s. Photo © Brassaï
Leonor Fini © André Ostier
Eumenides by Aeschylus, Théâtre du Soleil, Cartoucherie de Vincennes, Paris, France, 1992. Photo © Martine Franck
Masques de Leonor Fini by André Pieyre de Mandiargues, La Parade Éditions André Bonne, Paris, 1951. Photo © André Ostier
Leonor Fini in Nonza, Corse, c.1965. Photo © Eddy Brofferio
Bal des Têtes, Hotel Lambert, Paris, 1956. Photo © André Ostier
Harlequin, 1975 © Werner Rohde
Juliet and Margaret in Papier-Mache Masks, Los Angeles 1942. Photo © Man Ray
The many-headed man, 1981 © Clive Hicks Jenkins
Self-portrait with mask, New York, ca 1958. Photo Erwin Blumenfeld © The Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld
Fish Man in Flic, Flac, 1981 © Clive Hicks Jenkins
Dancer Myra Kinch with mask, 1930′s
Metamorphosis, New York City Ballet, 1953. Photo © Gjon Mili for LIFE magazine
Photo © Arthur Tress
Leonor Fini and Marie-Laure de Noailles © Brassaï
According to Claude Lévi-Strauss, the mask hides as much as it reveals, “denies as much as it affirms.” Silent, it often holds a secret to which only the initiated are privy.
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