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(FASHION.) HUBERT DE
GIVENCHY.
Fashion study with three figures. Marker
on board. 508x381 mm; 20x15 inches. Signed
“Givenchy” in upper right image with two
additional sketches on verso.Taped to window
matte. Nd, circa 1960s.
[400/600]
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(OFFICE SUPPLIES.)
Salesman’s sample album. Compelling group
of illustrations, hand-painted in gouache, on
42 colored pages, depicting various office
supplies from European companies featuring
products such as ash trays, pencils, scissors,
measuring tapes, fans, inkwells, pencil
sharpeners, stamps, notepads and planners.
Each illustration with a handwritten title, in
French, and a price for the item, numerous
diagonal thin, clean slits on each page where
former cards or explanatory material was
displayed (visible, but not obtrusive.) Album
measures 10x13
1
/
2
inches, pages hole-punched
and string-tied to discarded board binding of
French periodical. Nd, circa 1920s.
[600/900]
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