Fashion Drawing
DesignerAttributed to
Gertrude Dowd Conklin
American, 1909 - 1979
Date1930-1940
MediumWatercolor and pencil on wove paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 14 15/16 × 11in. (38 × 28cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Joseph T. Hall
Description(m) Fashion drawing attributed to Gertrude Conklin. Pencil and watercolor drawing of a woman wearing a three piece set of a yellow bouse with black shorts and skirt. The woman has Caucasian skin-tone, blonde hair, and is wearing makeup. She is drawn standing with her arms behind her back. A small sketch of two palm trees occupies the background in the upper left quadrant.
A description of the design is handwritten on (n) card affixed to the verso of (m). The outfit set features a yellow linen short sleeve shirt with detailing along the sleeves and across the bodice tucked into black shorts that end at the mid-thigh. There is an unpainted sketch of the skirt component to the right of the painted fashion drawing, the skirt is long with buttons up the center-front.
A description of the design is handwritten on (n) card affixed to the verso of (m). The outfit set features a yellow linen short sleeve shirt with detailing along the sleeves and across the bodice tucked into black shorts that end at the mid-thigh. There is an unpainted sketch of the skirt component to the right of the painted fashion drawing, the skirt is long with buttons up the center-front.
Object number1982.101.105m-n
Inscribed(n) Handwritten in pencil: “Three piece costume of / blouse, shirt, and shorts. The / blouse is made of yellow / linen with a square neck / [illegible] on [illegible] and short / sleeves also [illegible]. The / shorts are straight with three / buttons on each side and / they are made of black / linen. The skirt is black / linen with buttons down the / front.”On View
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