Live Auction 796320th Century Decorative Art & Design
RENÉ GRUAU (1909-2004)
Lot 146 Founded in 1933, International Textiles was a leading publication for the promotion of the fashion and textiles industries, to which Gruau contributed artwork from 1946 until 1984. Gruau's distinctive and elegant mastery of line and his ability to synthesise colour with negative space yielded fashion illustration at its most dynamic.

RENÉ GRUAU (1909-2004)

POLKA-DOT SCARF, 1959

Closed20 April 2011

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RENÉ GRUAU (1909-2004)
POLKA-DOT SCARF, 1959
ink, gouache and white paint on paper
16 1/8 x 11¾ in. (41.5 x 29.7 cm.) excluding frame
signed *G, lower right

Specialist note

Study for cover art, International Textiles, no. 318, 1959. Additionally used as advertisement for the Austrian tourism industry, International Textiles, no. 322, 1959.