Fashion Drawing
DesignerAttributed to
Gertrude Dowd Conklin
American, 1909 - 1979
Date1930-1940
MediumWatercolor and pencil on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 15 3/16 × 10 7/8in. (38.5 × 27.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Joseph T. Hall
Description(q) Fashion drawing attributed to Gertrude Conklin. Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman wearing a floor-length white evening dress. The woman has Caucasian skin-tone, light brown hair, and is wearing makeup. She is drawn standing with her hands crossed in front of her stomach.
A description of the design is handwritten on (r) card affixed to the verso of (q). The dress features a low V-neckline with red piping and a red stiff collar with points extending over the shoulder. The white dress is fitted through the waistline with a slight flare at the hemline. There is an unpainted sketch of the back of the garment to the right of the main fashion drawing. The red collar is rounded in the rear of the neck and the dress features an open back.
A description of the design is handwritten on (r) card affixed to the verso of (q). The dress features a low V-neckline with red piping and a red stiff collar with points extending over the shoulder. The white dress is fitted through the waistline with a slight flare at the hemline. There is an unpainted sketch of the back of the garment to the right of the main fashion drawing. The red collar is rounded in the rear of the neck and the dress features an open back.
Object number1982.101.105q-r
Inscribed(p) Handwritten in pencil: “White taffeta / evening dress with / low V neck edged / with red woolen / material. Stiff / collar of red wool . going out into / straight point. / Collar slightly round in back with two / buttons at back of / neck. Dress fitted / to waist line.”On View
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