Original Gouache Janine Janet (nee Bouissou)

Gouache original, Project to wedding invitation. Janine Janet (nee Bouissou) is formed at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and Toulouse, Janine Janet created in the early 40 models to different houses: Pierre Frey, Arthus-Bertrand, Christofle ... It begins in 1952 a long collaboration with Balenciaga and in 1959 Jean Cocteau, who noticed its windows for Balenciaga, commissioned costumes and scenery of the "Testament of Orpheus". In the 60s, other masterpieces such as "The Tower of Babel" are made to the windows of Balenciaga while its marine screen appears in the bottom of a window of Roger Gallet. Gouache on black, unsigned, from the workshop sale