This gouache is one of around 10 drawings, watercolours and gouaches by René Gruau, the Italian-born fashion illustrator who was renowned for his Paris haute couture and promotional illustrations, which will feature in Tajan’s Paris auction of modern drawings on May 15. The 18½ x 15in (cm) ink and gouache on paper, Femme a la Tour Eiffel, of 1995, monogrammed lower right, has an estimate of €4000-6000.
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