Jun 09, 2022 - Sale 2608

Sale 2608 - Lot 169

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

NORMAN NORELL (1900-1972)

"Proposed costume for Gloria Swanson in Zaza-1922."

Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on paper. 22x15 inches, sheet. Signed "Norell" and captioned with title above in lower right corner.
Known professionally as Norman Norell, Norman David Levinson was an American fashion designer renowned for his timeless and elegant couture which he sold throught his Traina-Norell and Norell fashion houses. A pioneer in the industry, he became the first American fashion designer to launch his own brand of perfume (in 1968), was the first recipient of the American Fashion Critics' Award (later known as the Coty Award), and the first designer inducted into the fashion industry critics' Hall of Fame.