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Pierre-Laurent Brenot Signed 'Ade I' Oil on Canvas Portrait Painting

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Start price: $250

Estimated price: $500 - $700

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Description

Keywords: Portrait, Woman, French Art, Modern Art, Figurative Art, Female Portrait, Woman, Fashion Illustration, Fashion Art, Expressionism, French Modernism, Mid-Century, Paris, Dior, Balenciaga

Summary:
Pierre-Laurent Brenot (French, 1913–1998). Oil on canvas titled “Adé I, ” depicting a stylized portrait of a woman. Signed and titled on the reverse “ADE I / par P.L. / BRENOT.”

Pierre-Laurent Brenot was born in Paris in 1913 and studied at the École Estienne before becoming a student of French fashion illustrator Fernand Hertenberger. Brenot developed a successful career as a fashion illustrator, creating drawings for leading fashion houses including Dior, Balenciaga, Nina Ricci, and Lanvin. During the 1940s he also pursued work as a poster artist and illustrator before increasingly returning to painting.
Measurement: 36 x 28 3/4 in. (91.4 x 73 cm.) approx

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Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions. Accordingly, works are sold as ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.

Bidders are encouraged to carefully review all photographs and, when possible, examine items in person prior to bidding. Photographs form an integral part of each lot’s description. The absence of a condition report, notation, or reference to damage does not imply that an item is free from defects, restoration, wear, or other condition issues. All items are sold as is, where is, and may show signs of age, use, wear, repair, or prior restoration. By placing a bid, bidders acknowledge and agree to the Terms and Conditions of Sale.
All descriptions, catalog statements, condition reports, reflect an opinion based on the information provided to us at the time of cataloging. Any certificates of authenticity, if provided by consignor, will be noted in the catalog. Clocks and watches are not warranted or represented to keep accurate time. We strongly recommend that all vintage lighting be examined or rewired prior to use.
Auction Galleries reselling works do not issue Certificates of Authenticity. COA’s should best be sought from the original artist or their foundations, which often refrain from giving written authentication opinions.  Accordingly, works are sold as  ATTRIBUTED to the artist or maker named in the description. These attributions reflect an OPINION and are intended to provide collectors, researchers, and institutions the opportunity to study and further contextualize the material offered or establish a work’s art-historical significance.