John "Jack" W. Ryan
Barbie Teen-Age Fashion Model (Barbie #1)1959

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Full-length fashion doll with auburn ponytail, wearing a black and white chevron-striped strapless swimsuit and black open-toe heels, standing against a white background

Fashion doll with auburn upswept hair, wearing a black-and-white striped strapless swimsuit and black heeled mules, holding a small blue accessory, posed in three-quarter view against a white background.

Artist or Maker: John "Jack" W. Ryan
Active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1926-1991
Designer: Ruth Handler
Active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1916-2002
Designer: Charlotte Johnson
Manufacturer: Mattel, Inc.
Title: Barbie Teen-Age Fashion Model (Barbie #1)
Place Made: Japan, Tokyo
Date Made: 1959
Medium: Vinyl, Saran, jersey
Dimensions: Box: 13 x 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (33.02 x 8.255 x 4.445 cm); Doll: 11 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. (29.21 x 6.6675 x 4.445 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mattel, Inc.
Accession Number: M.2010.177.2
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography: Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History: California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
Copyright: BARBIE® doll © Mattel, Inc. Used with permission.

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John "Jack" W. Ryan
Barbie Teen-Age Fashion Model (Barbie #1)1959

Not on view

Artist or Maker: John "Jack" W. Ryan
Active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1926-1991
Designer: Ruth Handler
Active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1916-2002
Designer: Charlotte Johnson
Manufacturer: Mattel, Inc.
Title: Barbie Teen-Age Fashion Model (Barbie #1)
Place Made: Japan, Tokyo
Date Made: 1959
Medium: Vinyl, Saran, jersey
Dimensions: Box: 13 x 3 1/4 x 1 3/4 in. (33.02 x 8.255 x 4.445 cm); Doll: 11 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/4 in. (29.21 x 6.6675 x 4.445 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Mattel, Inc.
Accession Number: M.2010.177.2
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography: Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History: California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". October 1, 2011 - June 3, 2012
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014

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