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Linda LeKinff

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Coralie en Rose
$575.00
10.75" X 9" (unframed)
Serigraph in color on wove paper.
Signed in pencil lower right, annotated "AP" and numbered.
From the artist's proof edition of 50 (350 regular numbered proofs,
50 European artist's proofs, 50 hors commerce proofs, 25 printer's proofs
and 3 bon a tirer impressions also exist).

Moderato Cantabile
1998
$2750.00
21.75" X 27" (unframed)
From the artist's proofs edition of 50 annotated "AP" aside
from the numbered edition with hand embellishment on linen of 100
(12 hors commerce and 1 bon a tirer impression also exist)
There is also an edition on paper without embellishment of 500 that exists.

Hand Embellished by the Artist.
A unique variation of the work.
Serigraph in color on linen. Signed, lower right

La Pie Voleuse Glazza Ladra
2001
45" X 34.25" (unframed)
52" X 42" Framed as Shown
Serigraph in color on wove paper. Signed in ink, numbered.
From the regular numbered edition of 350
(50 European artist's proofs, 50 artist's proofs, 50 hors commerce proofs,
29 printer's proofs and 3 bon a tirer proof impressions also exist)
A hand embellished edition on wood panel consisting of 178 numbered examples also exists

SOLD

Finalement
2000
$575.00
11" X 8.5" (unframed)
Serigraph in color on wove paper. Signed in pencil, lower right
From the hors commerce edition of 55 (350 regular numbered proofs,
55 European artist's proofs, 55 artist's proofs, 35 printer's proofs
and 3 bon a tirer proof editions also exist)

Femme Reveuse
$575.00
approx. 11" X 9" (unframed)
Paperwork lost on this piece - title and edition unknown.
A hand-signed and numbered serigraph by Linda Lekinff
Purchased at the same time as Coralie en Rose and Finalement

Grand Orchestre
$325.00
15.75" X 20.25" (unframed)
Seriolithograph in color on paper
Signed in the plate

Artist Bio

Linda LeKinff was born in Paris from French and Brazilian parents.
She started her career as a painter at the age of 20.
In the 1970`s she traveled to India, Tibet, Mexico and Italy.
She lived and worked in Italy for twelve years learning the ancient techniques of tempera,
egg painting and the gold leaf method taught by masters in Florence and Livorno.
She also served an apprenticeship in wood engraving, copper engraving,
and excelled in learning the modern techniques of acrylic and airbrush painting.

In Paris, in the year 1975, she learned lithography and met the the artists Brayer, Corneille and Lapique.
In 1976, she met Okamoto Taro, the Japanese Picasso, who introduced her to the sand and sumi technique.
In 1981, she spent six months in Morocco where she worked with Chabia,
the poetess of the naive abstraction movement.
She returned to school in south Tyrol where she became interested in painted,
polished and varnished woodwork, using a special material made of casein.
She applied it to her paintings and continues to use this technique today,
but still keeps the traditional approach of painting in acrylic on canvas, as well.

She began to create original serigraphs in the mid 1980`s and uses this technique
exclusively in the creation of her original graphic works.
She also creates hand-embellished versions of her serigraphs on canvas and wood,
and spends countless hours re-visiting each example to extract new artistic possibilities from every individual image.
LeKinff also expresses herself through watercolors or, more precisely, a mixing of greasy pastels, ink and watercolor.
Recently she began to use collage. She works without a model and her inspiration comes from travel,
her dreams, reading, and her imagination. Her subjects are extremely diverse, and include musical scenes,
poetic interpretations of people caught in an intimate moment of their lives, and couples elegantly dressed,
out for a night on the town.

Her influences include the hidden sensuality of Braque, the masterful drawing of Matisse,
the elegance of Modigliani and the precocious maturity of Egon Schiele who died at the age of 28.
In 1998, LeKinff was selected as the official World Cup Artist.
For that distinction, she created a painting that was minted into a commemorative coin by the French Government,
an honor never before offered to a living French artist.
In 2002, LeKinff participated in the "Exposition of Prestige" organized by the Ambassador of France in Japan
and her work was exhibited in museums and art foundations in Japanese cities including:
Tokyo-Bunkamura Museum, Nagoya-Tenjin Salaria Art Foundation, Osaka-Kirin Foundation,
Fukuoka-Loft Gallery, and the Yokohama-RedBrick-Warehouse

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