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Portrait by megastar Polish artist becomes new design for luxury Louis Vuitton handbag

The painting by Gdańsk-born Ewa Juszkiewicz entitled ‘Ginger Locks’ shows a woman on an olive-green background, covered with a turquoise fabric, with her face covered by a storm of carefully styled red curls. Louis Vuitton

The Louis Vuitton fashion brand said: “Ewa Juszkiewicz transforms her striking surrealist 2021 oil painting, Ginger Locks, reminiscent of a 19th century portrait, into an inspiring Artycapucines bag.

Portrait by ‘megastar’ Polish artist sells for staggering $1.5mln at US auction

Comfortably surpassing its original valuation, the painting Portrait of a Lady (After Louis Leopold Boilly) by Ewa Juszkiewicz went under the hammer alongside works by such luminaries as Banksy, Jeff Koons, Christopher Wool and Gerhard Richter. The auction held by the New York branch of the globally renowned Christie’s has served to underline Juszkiewicz’s soaring stock.

Warsaw artist’s head-turning portraits get artworld talking

Using oil on canvas, Ewa Juszkiewicz replicates the rich colours and textures of original portraits, extending this to the features she has added covering the women’s faces.

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