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PRINCESS GRACE KELLY (MONACO) - PRINTED ART UNSIGNED 1981 - HFSID 262686

Printed Art with imprinted initials: "GPK". Color, 8½x14. Numbered in pencil: "304/1000". Imprinted on verso: "From a Pressed-Flower Collage/by/Her Serene Highness Princess Grace/of Monaco". Slightly creased at upper edge. Lightly soiled on verso. Fine condition.

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[PRINCESS GRACE KELLY]
Printed Art with imprinted initials: "GPK". Color, 8½x14. Numbered in pencil: "304/1000". Imprinted on verso: "From a Pressed-Flower Collage/by/Her Serene Highness Princess Grace/of Monaco". Slightly creased at upper edge. Lightly soiled on verso. Fine condition. Accompanied by printed DS with imprinted signature of "Annabelle Wiener" for the World Federation of United Nations Associations, 1p, 8½x14. United Nations, New York City, 1981 May 1. Headed: "Print Documentation". The sheet provides information on the purpose of the lithograph, which accompanied the United Nations stamp issue, "New and Renewable Sources of Energy", issued on May 29, 1981. In addition to providing lithograph number, size, paper and edition size, the sheet also provides the following authentication: "Embossed seals of both the Federation and Siena Studios in New York where this lithograph was prepared. Both seals appear in the lower right margin." The sheet also gives a "Note on Mixed Media Graphic", stating: "In order to accentuate the depth and beauty of the flowers in this pressed flower collage, and to do full justice to the unusual treatment given to the theme by her Serene Highness Princess Grace, the Federation's limited edition art print of this magnificent design is a 'MIXED MEDIA GRAPHIC', a combination of lithography, silk screen, and hand embossing. The delicate flowers are set on a completely gold background without any borders. This print is signed in the plate only with the initials G.P.K., the official signature used by Her Serene Highness on Her works of art." Brief background on the art of Princess Grace at lower portion. In part: "Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly the actress Grace Kelly, is an acknowledged expert on flowers. She organised the first Garden Club of Monaco over ten years ago and is both a judge of flowers and an artist. Her Serene Highness has had several exhibitions and sales of Her delightful flower pictures. Her design for the Federation represents Her second venture into the world of philately - in 1977 two of Her pressed flower pictures were used on postage stamps of Monaco...Her Serene Highness' delicate flower collage for the Federation is composed of clusters of lavender and rose anemones set on a gold background and joined by a continuous branch of fragile field flowers from the hills of Monaco." Lightly creased at upper right margin. ¼-inch tear at upper right margin, nicked at upper left margin. Fine condition. Twenty-seven-year-old Academy Award-winning actress Grace Kelly retired from films after marrying reigning Prince Rainier of Monaco in April 1956. The royal couplehad three children, Princess Caroline (1957), Prince Albert (1958) and Princess Stephanie (1965). Princess Grace, beloved in her country for her charity work, most notably as head of Monaco's Red Cross, was killed in an automobile accident in September 1982. Fine condition.

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