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Five Fashion Models Wearing Hoodies Vogue Patterns 1970s Fashion - Puerto Rican

Creator: Antonio Lopez
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Famed Puerto Rican Fashion Illustrator Antonio Lopez creates an oversized illustration for Vogue Patterns Magazine 1971. He uses a variety of media which includes watercolor, ink, colored paper and monochromatic acetates. Unsigned. The work comes in two parts. It was originally framed in period metal frames but we are in the process of framing it as on piece with both works butted together.

Born in Puerto Rico, Lopez first came to the attention of the fashion world in the 1960s with his bold and dynamic illustrations, which he created with art director Juan Ramos. "I like to work with a model, I find the drawings more spirited, more believable," Lopez told Vogue, who described him as "one of fashion's most colorful characters." The magazine also credited the artist with discovering models like Jerry Hall. "Antonio's girls," as they were sometimes called, were all unconventional beauties. Lopez and Ramos championed women of color, like Pat Cleveland, Carol LaBrie, Alva Chinn, and Amina Warsuma.
Source: Vogue

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Watercolor, mixed media on paper
Condition:	Good. There is a small one-inch and half tare to the paper center on the second illustration. Mostly visible on close inspection. Some surface nicks, creases, bumbs and irregularities due to handling. Otherwise presents quite will for a work 53 years old.
Creation Date:	1971
Styles / Movements:	Color Field, Modernism, Illustration
Book References:	Vogue Patterns
Incollect Reference #:	695556

Dimensions

W.	34 in;	H.	22 in;
W.	86.36 cm;	H.	55.88 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.