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Auction History Result 9m029 ALEXANDRE TRAUNER 15x18 watercolor/ink drawing 1941 cool bar scene sketch from Remorques! Date Sold 9/10/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Watercolor & Ink Drawing (measurse 15" x 18") (Learn More) Alexandre Trauner was a legendary Hungarian production designer and art director from the 1930s to the 1990s. After studying painting at the Hungarian Royal Drawing School, he emigrated to Paris in 1929. He became the assistant of set designer Lazare Meerson (working on many French classics including "A nous la liberte", "Le million", and "La Kermisse heroique", among many others). In 1937, he became a chief set designer, and he did many French classics, including Les Enfants du paradis (Children of Paradise), Le jour se leve, Drole de drame, and Hotel du nord. He began working in Hollywood in the 1950s, and in addition to other movies like Witness For the Prosecution and The Man Who Would Be King, he became close with Billy Wilder and worked on many of his best films of this period, including Love in the Afternoon and The Apartment. He continued working until 1989, including working on Luc Besson's "Subway" in 1985, and he passed away in 1993 at the age of 87. Artist: Alexandre Trauner Important Added Info: Note that what is offered here is an original watercolor drawing by Alexandre Trauner that he drew for Jean Gremillon's 1941 French movie, "Remorques" (Stormy Waters). Our consignor purchased it in 1986, from a French gallery exhibition of Mr. Trauner's works, and it was priced at $4,000 in that exhibition (and a deluxe coffee table book was published picturing the art that was exhibited, and that book itself is a collector's item today)! Included with the watercolor is the label that was under it at the exhibition, plus a sheet of prices from that exhibition, and a biography of Mr. Trauner (none of which are pictured). Condition: very good. The watercolor has some minor wear around the edges (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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