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Rudi Gernreich
Untitled Fashion Sketches1955

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Pencil fashion illustration on cream paper, full-length figure in a wide-caped, belted button-front dress with a fitted hood, circa 1955
Pencil fashion illustration on cream paper, full-length figure of a woman in three-quarter view wearing a structured coat with large circular buttons and a dramatic wide-swept cape, with hatching used to indicate shading and fabric volume.
Pencil drawing of a standing figure in profile, wearing a large triangular cape or cloak and heeled shoes, with minimal detail and light gestural lines on cream paper.
Pencil fashion illustration of a standing figure wearing a fitted button-front dress with a wide belt and a voluminous triangular cape, small cap, and gloves; elongated stylized proportions with hatched shading.

Rudi Gernreich, Untitled Fashion Sketches, 1955, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. Walter R. Bass, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Rudi Gernreich
Austria, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1922-1985
Title
Untitled Fashion Sketches
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1955
Medium
Pencil on vellum
Dimensions
16 1/2 x 14 in. (41.91 x 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Walter R. Bass
Accession Number
M.76.86.296a-d
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles