Rene Gruau (1909 – 2004)
Hat for Jean Barthet for AD Design 1960, Ink. (£8,000).
A selling exhibition of original fashion illustrations will be held by Gray M.C..A. to coincide with London Fashion Week next September. It will include more than 40 original works by some of leading British, European and American illustrators of the period from the post war 1940’s through to the 1970’s. There is work by Rene Bouche, Rene Gruau and Carl Erickson for publications and advertising including Vogue and L’Oreal as well as original designs for Dior, Biba, Zandra Rhodes and Bellville Sassoon. The exhibition will be held from September 11 to September 18 at Gallery 8, St. James’s.