Jean Negulesco (Romanian and American, 1900–1993) was a Romanian-born artist and director who first gained notice for his film noirs such as the notable Johnny Belinda (1948), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), and Three Coins in the Fountain (1954). While a teenager, Negulesco left Romania and moved to Paris where he made his reputation as a stage designer and painter in the 1920s. Negulesco worked in restaurants washing dishes in order to pay his way through art school. However, World War One intervened and he was caught in the French Army working in a field hospital on the war front. Negulesco returned to Paris and was mentored under Constantin Brancusi before subsequently returning home to Romania for a short time. In the early 1920s, Negulesco returned to Paris and sold 150 paintings. Confident of his talent, he moved to New York in 1927.
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. Line print of female nudes published between 1932-37. Minimalist style. Signed and dated and dedicated in pencil lower right. Titled and numbered 32 of 75 lower left.
Size: 17 1/2" h x 13”w (image)
Condition: Very good impression. Some creases and a few speckles, otherwise in apparently good condition.&url=www.indexgalleries.com/art/Printemps-Vicolvieux-by-Jean-Negulesco/694 "Pin It")
