RENE GRUAU (1909-2004)
Lot 276

RENE GRUAU (1909-2004)

ILLUSTRATION OF YVES SAINT-LAURENT WOMAN'S SUIT FOR MADAME FIGARO, 1987

Fermé16 December 2008

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RENE GRUAU (1909-2004)
Illustration of Yves Saint-Laurent Woman's Suit for Madame Figaro, 1987
indian ink and watercolor on paper
20 1/8 x 15 3/8 in. (51 x 39 cm.)
signed

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Sold with certificate of authenticity signed by Gruau.

Yves Saint Laurent's 'Smoking', or evening suit for women, was one of the great fashion landmarks of the last century, the shrewd expression by an extraordinarily intuitive designer of a major sea-change in the way women wished to dress. This ink and wash drawing perfectly captures the mood of this look, as radical in its day as the 'New Look' with which Saint Laurent's mentor Christian Dior had revived Paris couture in 1947.