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Rudi Gernreich
Untitled Fashion Sketches1952-1961

Not on view
Pencil fashion design drawing on tan paper showing rear and front views of a midi-length dress with banded bodice, annotated with fabric notes
Pencil and red crayon drawing on aged paper, schematic sketch of a human leg and lower torso with red lines overlaid on grey pencil strokes to indicate anatomical structure.
Pencil sketch on aged paper, back view of a standing figure in a long dress with a cummerbund waist detail and long sleeves; handwritten fabric notes at lower right reading 'Pink Tweed,' 'Laquer Red Grosgrain,' 'Orange Tweed,' 'Mexican Pink Cumberbund,' 'Black Serge,' 'Brown Grosgrain,' and 'Blk & Wht Tweed, Shocking Pink Grosgrain'; word 'Back' written at upper right.
Designer
Rudi Gernreich
Austria, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1922-1985
Title
Untitled Fashion Sketches
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1952-1961
Medium
a) Pencil and colored pencil on paper b) Pencil on paper c) Pencil and pen on paper
Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm) each
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Walter R. Bass
Accession Number
M.76.86.709a-c
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles