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Rudi Gernreich
Fashion Sketch, 'Style #217'1958

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Graphite fashion sketch on white paper, rear view of a standing figure in a wide-brimmed hat and wrap-collar dress, rendered in spare, minimal lines
Pencil fashion sketch of two figures on cream paper; left figure faces forward in wide-brimmed hat, overalls, and bracelets; right figure shown from behind in fitted dress with broad hat, hands on hips. Fluid, minimal line work with handwritten notation at upper right.

Rudi Gernreich, Fashion Sketch, 'Style #217', 1958, 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
Fashion Sketch, 'Style #217'
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1958
Medium
Pencil on vellum
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Walter R. Bass
Accession Number
M.76.86.628a-b
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles