Fashion Drawing
DesignerAttributed to
Gertrude Dowd Conklin
American, 1909 - 1979
Date1930-1940
MediumWatercolor and pencil on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 15 1/8 × 28in. (38.4 × 71.1cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Joseph T. Hall
Description(j) Fashion drawing attributed to Gertrude Conklin. Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman dressed in a one piece long sleeved coral colored dress. The woman has been depicted with a Caucasian skin-tone and is wearing makeup, her hair is worn tucked under a fedora-style hat. The hat is white with a coral band. The woman is drawn standing with a hand on her hip, in the other hand she holds a cigarette.
A description of the design is handwritten on (k) card affixed to the verso of (j). The dress is described as a one piece dress of coral crepe fabric featuring organdy collars and cuffs. There is an unpainted sketch of the back of the garment to the right of the main fashion drawing.
A description of the design is handwritten on (k) card affixed to the verso of (j). The dress is described as a one piece dress of coral crepe fabric featuring organdy collars and cuffs. There is an unpainted sketch of the back of the garment to the right of the main fashion drawing.
Object number1982.101.105j-k
Inscribed(k) Handwritten in pencil: "One piece coral crepe / dress with organdy / collars and cuffs. The / collar line in a small / [illegible] of the crepe at the / neck and The same / crepe runs through The / top of The cuffs. narrow / belt of crepe [illegible] in back”On View
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