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COIFFURE - ALEXANDRE de PARIS (Louis-Alexandre Raimon dit, 1922-2008, Master hairdresser, pupil of the famous Antoine de Paris, nicknamed by Cocteau "the Sphinx of hairdressing", he was the hairdresser of Haute-Couture, the hairdresser of stars and crowned heads) / Important set of 18 drawings by Russian artist Irène FANSHAWE (1912-1989), who worked for Monsieur Alexandre in the late '50s and early '60s: 10 large (53 x 37.5 cm), 5 smaller (average 24 x 31 cm) plus 3 technical - The 10 large ones in watercolor, are signed "Irène" (2 are on tinted paper) - of the 5 smaller ones, in watercolor ink, 3 are signed "I Fanshawe" and 2 with her initials "IF", they are captioned "Ambassadeur présentation des Débutantes 1960" (Bal des Débutantes at the Hôtel Ambassadeur in Cannes), "Les Floralies - Reine Marguerite", "Les Floralies - Rose thé", "Coiffure Vélasquez -face", 1 uncaptioned is dated 1959 - the other 3 drawings (average 21 x 27 cm) are technical, they each bear a caption: "Mme Nelson", "JJ Vital" and "Roberta", with indications "face", "nuque", 2 are signed by Alexandre himself and dated 1958, all 3 are countersigned "IF" by Irène Fanshawe, confirming their collaboration.

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COIFFURE - ALEXANDRE de PARIS (Louis-Alexandre Raimon dit, 1922-2008, Master hairdresser, pupil of the famous Antoine de Paris, nicknamed by Cocteau "the Sphinx of hairdressing", he was the hairdresser of Haute-Couture, the hairdresser of stars and crowned heads) / Important set of 18 drawings by Russian artist Irène FANSHAWE (1912-1989), who worked for Monsieur Alexandre in the late '50s and early '60s: 10 large (53 x 37.5 cm), 5 smaller (average 24 x 31 cm) plus 3 technical - The 10 large ones in watercolor, are signed "Irène" (2 are on tinted paper) - of the 5 smaller ones, in watercolor ink, 3 are signed "I Fanshawe" and 2 with her initials "IF", they are captioned "Ambassadeur présentation des Débutantes 1960" (Bal des Débutantes at the Hôtel Ambassadeur in Cannes), "Les Floralies - Reine Marguerite", "Les Floralies - Rose thé", "Coiffure Vélasquez -face", 1 uncaptioned is dated 1959 - the other 3 drawings (average 21 x 27 cm) are technical, they each bear a caption: "Mme Nelson", "JJ Vital" and "Roberta", with indications "face", "nuque", 2 are signed by Alexandre himself and dated 1958, all 3 are countersigned "IF" by Irène Fanshawe, confirming their collaboration.

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