Leonor Fini

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Cartier-Bresson. His photograph of Leonor sold in 2007 for $305000 - the highest price paid at auction for one of his works to that date. She painted portraits of Jean Genet, Anna Magnani, Jacques Audiberti, Alida Valli, Schlumberger and Suzanne Flon as well as many other celebrities and wealthy visitors to Paris. While working for Elsa Schiaparelli she designed the flacon for the perfume, "Shocking," which became the top selling perfume for the House of Schiaparelli. She designed costumes ...