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Christian Dior
Fashion Sketch, 'Number Two'1956

Not on view
Pencil fashion sketch on cream paper of a woman's figure seen from behind, wearing a draped strapless swimsuit, with handwritten design notes
Designer
Christian Dior
France, Paris, 1905-1957
Design House
Cole of California
United States, California, Los Angeles, founded 1925
Label
Cole of California
France, Paris, 1955
Title
Fashion Sketch, 'Number Two'
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1956
Medium
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
12 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (31.12 x 41.27 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Fred Cole
Accession Number
M.57.26.7
Classification
Drawings
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.