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Mary Ann DeWeese
Woman's Swimsuitmid-1940s

Not on view
Cream one-piece swimsuit on a mannequin, structured bust with V-neck and thin straps, dark side panels, large printed tropical floral arrangement in red, pink, and green covering the front

Mary Ann DeWeese, Catalina Sportswear, Woman's Swimsuit, mid-1940s, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Fashion Group, Inc. of Los Angeles, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Mary Ann DeWeese
United States, 1913-1993
Design House
Catalina Sportswear
United States, California, Los Angeles, 1907-1993
Title
Woman's Swimsuit
Place Made
United States, California, Los Angeles
Date Made
mid-1940s
Medium
Cotton plain weave, printed, rayon/lastex satin
Dimensions
Center front length: 22 1/2 in. (57.15 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Fashion Group, Inc. of Los Angeles
Accession Number
48.39.23
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.

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