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René GruauFigure in a Wide-brimmed Red HatCirca 1955 - 1975
Circa 1955 - 1975
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Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a flat and simplified composition that is akin to more to minimalism than illustration.
The current frame is a placeholder frame. The frame here is just a sample. The work is currently matted but not framed. - Currently unframed.
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Count Renato Zavagli Ricciardelli della Caminateprofessionally known as René Gruau.
US, Italy, and France. In his lifetime, Gruau worked for numerous magazines including Marie-Claire, Femina, Elle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Flair, L'Officiel, Madame Figaro, and L'Officiel de la Couture. Gruau was hired by major designers like Pierre Balmain, Christian Dior, Jacques Fath, Balenciaga, Elsa Schiaparelli, Rochas, Lanvin, Elizabeth Arden, and Hubert de Givenchy. Gruau gave life to their haute couture clothing and expanded their popularity with his captivating illustrations. Gruau's illustrations reinvented many of the designs and gave them lambency and radiance that the fashion industry previously lacked. - Signed with a star and Gruau lower left - the work is currently matted but not framed.
- Creator:René Gruau (1909 - 2004, French)
- Creation Year:Circa 1955 - 1975
- Dimensions:Height: 16.65 in (42.3 cm)Width: 13.85 in (35.18 cm)
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- Condition:Good/Fair Minor abrasions, irregular support surface, reverse with toning and tape and adhesive remnants on the extreme edge of the paper and do not show when framed. Some inconsistent paint surface, sight scattered buckelling - unframed.
- Gallery Location:Miami, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38538482982
René Gruau
René Gruau, an Italian-born artist who made his name in Paris and New York as an illustrator for fashion houses, women's magazines, nightclubs and ballet companies. René Gruau astounds us simply by the immensity of his work, his modernity, his simplicity and his utter elegance. He is a virtuoso performer of the greatest names in fashion, the most prestigious brands, the most colourful shows. but the artist has the elegance to stay behind his works. His talent and his highly personal style shine through... In the 1990's there were exhibitions of his work in Germany, Japan, Monaco and France. The largest retrospective was organized by the Advertising Museum in Paris in 1999. It was called, simply, ''Passionately Gruau.''
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