Lot 2
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Yves Saint Laurent
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Yves Saint Laurent

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Yves Saint Laurent
Seven couture designs, all ink and watercolour on Yves Saint Laurent printed sketch paper, each numbered, majority with fabric swatches attached, majority -- 10¾x8¼in. (27.4x21cm.); and a folder of various handwritten and typescript invoices on Yves Saint Laurent headed stationery, various dates 1963 - 1966; and related material (a lot)
Literature
Fonteyn, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, Envoy Magazine, Vo.1 No.1 May, 1967, p.14
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

In an interview in 1967 Fonteyn commented ...I get all my clothes now from him [YSL]. I used to go to Dior but after he died and St. Laurent set up on his own. I followed him. I like his line, I think he's the most imaginative of the Paris designers...

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