![]() ![]() Nobody knew this at the time but it's Leonor Fini."įini's connections played an important role in gaining recognition and acceptance for the emerging Surrealist movement. "There was a time" Weinstein says, "when the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction was a piece by Henri Cartier-Bresson which was a woman floating naked in the water from the neck down. She says Fini called her five times a day.įor a show in the 1980s, Souhami recalls combing Paris bakeries to find 20 white cakes that surrounded the artist, dressed also in white, for a video and photo shoot.įini fascinated the other artists and photographers in her circle. Souhami became Fini's art dealer and worked with her for the rest of the painter's life. Souhami continues her story in a mixture of English and French, interpreted by her friend Victor Picou: "When she met Arlette, Leonor said, 'I don't like women in general' and Arlette said, 'Neither do I.' And she said, 'OK we're going to get along, right,'" Picou laughs. "I worked all my life for Leonor," she says. ![]() She found the artist overwhelming, opinionated and fascinating. Paris gallery owner Arlette Souhami, now 82, first met Leonor Fini in 1978. ©Estate of Leonor Fini, Courtesy Galerie Minsky & Weinstein Gallery Black Scarecrow mask, Leonor Fini, c.1960, Round holes for eyes, black thick felt fabric, mounted on stand of driftwood tree branch (found in Corsica)
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