{"id":3242,"date":"2025-10-08T15:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonorfini.schirn.de\/?page_id=3242"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:47:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:47:03","slug":"quellenverzeichnis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/quellenverzeichnis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources and Image Credits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leonor Fini: \u201cAll my painting is an [\u2026] autobiography of self-assertion.\u201d, quoted from: Xavi\u00e8re Gauthier, Leonor Fini, Paris, Le Mus\u00e9e de Poche, 1973, p. 137.

Leonor Fini: \u201cCreativity may stem from a form of maladjustment to reality, from (\u2026) a protest.\u201d, quoted from: Xavi\u00e8re Gauthier, Leonor Fini, Paris, Le Mus\u00e9e de Poche, 1973, p. 16.

Leonor Fini: \u201cI identified with the hybrid.\u201d, quoted from: Webb, Sphinx, p. 102.

Leonor Fini: \u201eMy paintings follow the route taken by dreams.\u201c, quoted from: Peter Webb, Sphinx: The Art and Life of Leonor Fini, New York, Ven dome Press, 2009, p. 72.

Leonor Fini: \u201cTo dress up, to disguise oneself is an act of creativity.\u201d, quoted from: Leonor Fini, Jos\u00e9 Alvarez, Le Livre de Leonor Fini, Lausanne, La Guilde du Livre and Les Editions Clairefontaine, Paris, Vilo, 1975, p. 41.

Leonor Fini: \u201cI am very interested in many modern works, but what has always struck me most powerfully is Old Master painting.\u201c, quoted from: Arlette Souhami and Richard Overstreet, Leonor Fini, Galerie Minsky, Paris 2001, p. 169.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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We have made every effort to list all copiright notices. Holders of rights that we couk not identify are kindly asked to contact the publisher. Compensation will be made according to standard practice.

\u00a9 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, for the works of Leonor Fini, Dora Maar, and Max Ernst.


Leonor Fini, Autoportrait au scorpion, 1938, Self-Portrait with Scorpion, Oil on canvas, 81 \u00d7 60 cm, Private collection, Courtesy of HomeArt, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy of HomeArt.

Leonor Fini, Autoportrait au grand col, 1938, Self-Portrait with a Large Collar, Oil on canvas, 35 \u00d7 27 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Femme assise sur un homme nu, 1942, Woman Seated on a Naked Man, Oil on canvas, 33 \u00d7 46 cm, Private collection, Foto: Private collection, \u00a9 Enrico Cerpegna.

Leonor Fini, Dans la tour (Autoportrait avec Constantin Jelenski), 1952, In the Tower (Self-Portrait with Constantin Jelenski), Oil on canvas, 91 \u00d7 64.3 cm, FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Mus\u00e9e de Mougins) \/ The Levett Collection, Photo: FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Mus\u00e9e de Mougins) \/ The Levett Collection, Mougins, Jerome Kelagopian.

Leonor Fini, La Berg\u00e8re des sphinx, 1941, The Shepherdess of the Sphinxes, Oil on canvas, 46.2 \u00d7 38.2 cm, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York), Photo: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (Solomon R. Guggen heim Foundation, New York).

Leonor Fini, Sphinx Philagria II \/ Metamorphos, 1947\u201348, Oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 38.6 cm, Private collection.

Leonor Fini, Stryges Amaouri, 1947, Oil on canvas, 45.8 \u00d7 55 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, \u00a9 Enrico Cerpegna.

Leonor Fini, Les Devenants, 1958, Those Who Are Becoming, Oil on canvas, 92 \u00d7 65.5 cm, FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Mus\u00e9e de Mougins) \/ The Levett Collection, Photo: FAMM (Femmes Artistes du Mus\u00e9e de Mougins) \/ The Levett Collection, Mougins, De Vuyst Fine Art and Design.

Jacques Audiberti, Le Sabbat ressuscit\u00e9, 1957, Lithographs and etchings; Jacques Audiberti, Leonor Fini (illustrations) with contri butions by Jacques Audiberti, Marcel B\u00e9alu, Jean Cocteau, Lise Deharme, A. Pieyre de Mandiargues, Francis Ponge, 38 \u00d7 28 cm, Galerie Minsky, Paris, Photo: Estate Leonor Fini, Paris, Claire Dorn.

Leonor Fini, La Gardienne des ph\u00e9nix, 1954, The Guardian of the Phoenixes, Oil on canvas, 74 \u00d7 63 cm, Courtesy of the Parker Foundation, Photo: Leonor Fini Archives, Paris \u00a9 Leonor Fini Estate.

Leonor Fini, Autoportrait au hibou, 1936, Self-Portrait with Owl, Oil on canvas, 63.8 \u00d7 51.4 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Les Carcans, 1984, The Shackles, Oil on canvas, 91.4 \u00d7 65.4 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, La Le\u00e7on de botanique, 1974, The Botany Lesson, Oil on canvas, 120 \u00d7 120 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Narcisse incomparable, 1971, Incomparable Narcissus, Oil on canvas, 170 \u00d7 100 cm, Private collection, France, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Galerie Minsky, Paris.

Leonor Fini, Train de nuit, 1969, Night Train, Oil on canvas, 73 \u00d7 116 cm, Galerie Minsky, Paris \/ Private collection, Photo: Estate Leonor Fini, Paris.

Leonor Fini, Outre Songe, 1978, Beyond the Dream, Oil on canvas, 51 \u00d7 71 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Rasch, Rasch, Rasch, meine Puppen warten, 1975, Hurry, Hurry, Hurry \u2026 My Dolls Are Waiting, Oil on canvas, 114.3 \u00d7 146 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Chinoiserie Masque, ca. 1960, Chinoiserie Mask, Textile petals embroidered with crimson, dark-red, and silver thread; ruby-colored decorative stones; turquoisecolored decorative stones; velvet and fine canvas backing, 29.8 \u00d7 18.4 \u00d7 6.4 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Masque de chat en galets corses, ca. 1960, Cat Mask of Corsican Pebbles, Corsica stones embedded in plasticine concrete, 26 \u00d7 16.5 \u00d7 8.3 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Masque surr\u00e9aliste, 1958, Surrealist Mask, Velvet, phosphorescent sequins, mother-of-pearl, black oblong beads, white string, small bronze twigs with leaves, 32 \u00d7 32 \u00d7 18.5 cm, Galerie Minsky, Paris, Photo: Estate Leonor Fini, Paris, Claire Dorn.

Leonor Fini, Masque de chat brod\u00e9, ca. 1960, Embroidered Cat Mask, Rugged black textile net, pink and gray felt fabric, pearls, gold and silver sequins in an original case, 20.6 \u00d7 36.4 \u00d7 31.7 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Un triton, costume pour Tannh\u00e4user de Richard Wagner, 1963, A Triton, costume for Tannh\u00e4user by Richard Wagner, Two-piece costume made of black jersey, embellished with holographic plastic scales in iridescent blue, with a matching headpiece. Height approx. 160 cm, Centre national du costume et de la sc\u00e8ne, Moulins \/ Op\u00e9ra national de Paris, Photo: Centre national du costume et de la sc\u00e8ne, Moulins \/ Terminal 33, Pascal Fran\u00e7ois.

Leonor Fini, La terre \u00e9carlate, 1961, The Scarlet Earth, Oil on canvas, 60 \u00d7 92 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, Chim\u00e8re du soir, 1961, Evening Chimera, Oil on canvas, 81.3 \u00d7 59.7 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles.

Leonor Fini, M\u00e9tamorphoses \u00e9quivoques, 1953, Ambiguous Metamorphoses, Oil on canvas, 100 \u00d7 60 cm, Private collection, Madrid, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Galerie Minsky, Paris.

Leonor Fini, L\u2019Ange de l\u2019anatomie, 1949, The Angel of Anatomy, Oil on canvas, 53.3 \u00d7 31.5 cm, Private collection.

Leonor Fini, Paravent \/ Metamorphosis \/ Quatre squelettes, 1974, Folding Screen \/ Metamorphosis \/ Four Skeletons, Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 135 \u00d7 40.5 cm each, Dr. Christopher Heath Brown, Photo: Collection of Dr. Christopher Brown, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles, Nick Pishvanov.

Leonor Fini, Sphinx Regina \/ Sphinx reine, 1943, Sphinx Queen, Oil on canvas, 40 \u00d7 50 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, \u00a9 Enrico Cerpegna.

Leonor Fini, La Pensierosa, 1954, The Thinker, Oil on canvas, 65 \u00d7 100 cm, Private collection, Photo: Private collection, Claire Dorn.

Leonor Fini, Dimanche apr\u00e8s-midi, 1980, Sunday Afternoon, Oil on canvas, 129.5 \u00d7 97.2 cm, Warren H. Lortie Collection, Newport Beach, Photo: Private collection, Courtesy Weinstein Gallery, Los Angeles. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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Leonor Fini at Nonza Monastery, Corsica, 1967. Photo: Eddy Brofferio. \u00a9 Eddy Brofferio Archive. Courtesy of Eros Renzetti, Photo: Leonor Fini Archives, Paris, photo: Eddy Brofferio \u00a9 Eddy Brofferio Archive, Courtesy Archivio Eros Renzetti, Rome.

Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning, Monastery of Nonza, Corsica, 1969, Leonor Fini Archives, Paris, Photo: Leonor Fini Archives, Paris \u00a9 Leonor Fini Estate, Stanislao Lepri.

Leonor Fini with Meret Oppenheim, ca. 1942, LEVY Galerie, Berlin, Photo: LEVY Galerie, Berlin.

Denise Colomb, Portrait of Leonor Fini and Leonora Carrington, rue Payenne, Paris, 1952, M\u00e9diath\u00e8que du patrimoine et de la photographie, Charenton-le-Pont, Photo: Minist\u00e8re de la Culture \u2013 M\u00e9diath\u00e8que du patrimoine et de la photographie, Charenton-le Pont, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn \/ inv. no. 12-590972, Denise Colomb.

International Surrealist Exhibition 1936 Photo Album. Album of b&w photographs and presscuttings, mainly of International Surrealist Exhibition, London 1936, but also other exhibitions of Surrealism in Britain e.g. in Cambridge, Zwemmer Gallery London etc. Compiled by Roland Penrose; installation shots of the exhibition have Penrose’s pencil annotations verso; images titled by Penrose; 1936 exhibition installation photographs by Chancery. Provided by: https:\/\/www.nationalgalleries.org\/.

Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Leonor Fini with a Fly Mask, 1950, Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Photo: Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Andr\u00e9 Ostier.

Dora Maar, Leonor Fini, 1936, Centre Georges Pompidou \u2013 Mus\u00e9e national d\u2019art moderne, Paris, Photo: Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn \/ Jacques Faujour, Dora Maar.

Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Leonor Fini in her costume for the \u201cBal des Oiseaux,\u201d December 1948, Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Photo: Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Andr\u00e9 Ostier.

Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Leonor Fini and her lion mask, Paris, 1950, Association des Amis d’Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Photo: Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Andr\u00e9 Ostier.

Leonor Fini at Nonza Monastery, Corsica, 1965. Photo: Eddy Brofferio. \u00a9 Eddy Brofferio Archive. Courtesy of Eros Renzetti, Photo: Leonor Fini Archives, Paris, photo: Eddy Brofferio \u00a9 Eddy Brofferio Archive, Courtesy Archivio Eros Renzetti, Rome.

Leonor Fini wearing a cat mask, ca. 1960, Photo: Leonor Fini Archives, Paris \u00a9 Leonor Fini Estate.

Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Leonor Fini in costume for the \u201cBal du Panache\u201d, Paris, June 1947, Association des Amis d’Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Photo: Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Andr\u00e9 Ostier.

Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Leonor Fini as a dark angel, ball hosted by Carlos de Beistegui at the Palazzo Labia, Venice, 1951, Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Photo: Association des Amis d\u2019Andr\u00e9 Ostier, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Andr\u00e9 Ostier.

Leonor Fini with a cat, ca. 1970, Leonor Fini Archives, Paris, Photo: Leonor Fini Archives, Paris \u00a9 Leonor Fini Estate. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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Agnolo Bronzino, Pygmalion and Galatea, 1529\/30, Oil on canvas, 81 \u00d7 63 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

Johann Heinrich F\u00fcssli, The Nightmare, 1790\/91, Oil on canvas, 76,5 \u00d7 63,6 cm, Frankfurter Goethe-Haus \u2013 Freies Deutsches Hochstift.

Screenshot from the silent film “Greed,” 1924, directed by Erich von Stroheim; available at: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xp7JZjxkVGQ; last accessed on September 15, 2026.

Max Ernst, Le fascinant cypr\u00e8s, 1940, Decalcomania, Oil on cardboard, 32 \u00d7 26 cm, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Photo: Herling\/Herling\/Werner, Sprengel Museum Hannover.

Michael Wolgemut, Dance of the Skeletons, 1493, colored, Schedel\u2019s World Chronicle.

Schiaparelli, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Butterfly Spiral, 2026, available at: https:\/\/schiaparelli.com\/en\/pages\/looks\/hc-printemps-ete-2026-look-8 (last accessed on September 23, 2026).

Lady Gaga, MTV Video Music Awards, 2010, Los Angeles. UPI \/ Jim Ruymen, UPI \/ Alamy.

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty Preview at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011, New York City. Photo by Donna Ward \/ ABACAPRESS.COM, Abaca Press \/ Alamy.

Screenshot from the music video for Madonna’s song “Bedtime Story,” 1995, directed by Mark Romanek, available at: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CSaFgAwnRSc&list=RDCSaFgAwnRSc&start_radio=1, last accessed on September 15, 2026.

Swen Pf\u00f6rtner, Christopher Street Day in G\u00f6ttingen, 26.08.2023, G\u00f6ttingen.

Alan Strutt, Yasmin Le Bon (London, 1997). La Chim\u00e8re collection, Haute couture fall\/winter 1997-1998 \u00a9 Alan Strutt. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ho_image_focal_point":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3242"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3720,"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3242\/revisions\/3720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schirn.de\/leonorfini\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}