Currie

Name: SUZIE ZUZEK (AMERICAN, 1920-2011)
Brand: Currie
Price: 9000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 11,340

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SUZIE ZUZEK (AMERICAN, 1920-2011)

Currie

Price Realised USD 11,340

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SUZIE ZUZEK (AMERICAN, 1920-2011)
Currie
watercolor, ink, and graphite on paper
15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm.) (unframed)
Executed in 1980.

Created for Key West Hand Print Fabrics, Inc., Key West, Florida, 1980.
Acquired by Lilly Pulitzer, Inc., Palm Beach, Florida, sold Key West Hand Print Fabrics, Inc., 1985 to private owners.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016.

Susan Brown and Caroline Rennolds Milbank, Suzie Zuzek for Lilly Pulitzer: The Artist Behind an Iconic American Fashion Brand, 1962–1985, New York, 2020, p. 125 (illustrated).

New York, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Suzie Zuzek for Lilly Pulitzer: The Prints That Made the Fashion Brand, 1962–1985, June 2021–January 2022.

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Lot Essay

Zuzek worked everyday during the quarter century from 1962-1985 creating original works of art which were enjoyed by millions of consumers. The only other person to make claim to this extraordinary dedication of time was Lilly. On the reverse of this watercolor, depicting a Bengal tiger, there is a handwritten note from Pulitzer that reads 'Print too big - would like scaled down or redone to 1/2 of this' and signed 'Lilly' in Pulitzer's highly recognizable signature. The scaled down print did eventually appear on garments in multiple color ways.