May 10, 2012 - Sale 2278

Sale 2278 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
RENÉ GRUAU (RENATO DE ZAVAGLI, 1910-2004) DIOR / EAU SAUVAGE. Circa 1980.
67 3/4x46 inches, 172x117 cm. R.C.S. Bobigny.
Condition B+: restored losses in image, affecting text at bottom; repaired tears and abrasions in image.
Gruau began working for Christian Dior in 1947 when both he and the designer were not well known, and they formed a friendship and working relationship that lasted for decades.