RENÉ GRUAU (RENATO DE ZAVAGLI, 1909-2004)
173
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BLIZZAND / TERGAL BOUSSAC. 1965.
62x45
1
/
4
inches, 157
1
/
2
x115 cm. Cinemato, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears and restoration at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image; light
staining in image.
Gruau’s sparse compositions of languid, sophisticated models, delineated with bold lines and bright
colors, ushered in a “new look” in the late 1940s. His images are imbued with suggestion, even seduction,
but his figures are always graceful, elegant and beautiful. The world of haute couture embraced him;
“with lines as lean as his elongated models, a gash of bright lips or a wash of color, René Gruau summed
up an era. The elegant and aristocratic graphic artist . . . captured with his pen and brush the spirit of
haute couture and the glory days of Parisian high fashion” (New York Times, April 13, 2004).
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