Fashion Drawing
DesignerDesigned by
Gertrude Dowd Conklin
American, 1909 - 1979
Date1930-1940
MediumWatercolor and pencil on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 14 1/2 × 11 1/8in. (36.8 × 28.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Joseph T. Hall
Description(s) Fashion drawing by Gertrude Conklin. Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman wearing a floor length dress with a three-quarter length long sleeve coat, both of white sequins. The woman has Caucasian skin-tone, light brown hair, and is wearing makeup. The woman is drawn standing with a hand on her hip; she holds a cigarette in the other hand.
A description of the design is handwritten on (t) card affixed to the verso of (s). The dress is fitted along the body with a very slight flair at the hemline. The coat obscures the bodice of the dress. The coat features a round collar and button closures at center front. There is an unpainted sketch of the back of the dress without the coat to the right of the main fashion drawing. The back of the dress features a slight v-shape to the back neckline and a small belt below the bust.
A description of the design is handwritten on (t) card affixed to the verso of (s). The dress is fitted along the body with a very slight flair at the hemline. The coat obscures the bodice of the dress. The coat features a round collar and button closures at center front. There is an unpainted sketch of the back of the dress without the coat to the right of the main fashion drawing. The back of the dress features a slight v-shape to the back neckline and a small belt below the bust.
Object number1982.101.105s-t
Inscribed(s) Handwritten on verso: "Designed by Miss Gertrude Conklin"(t) Handwritten in pencil: "Evening dress and coat / of white sequins. C[illegible] / in part of dress and / narrow blue braided belt / tied in small bow in / front. Three quarter [illegible] / coat with round collar and / sequin buttons down entire / front. Three sequin buttons / at cuff of long sleeve.”
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