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Boyd Clopton
Costume Sketch for Aretha Franklincirca 1972

Not on view
Fashion design sketch in pencil and gouache on cream paper, mounted on slate-blue board, showing a woman from behind in a floor-length white beaded gown, with an attached embroidered fabric swatch

Boyd Clopton, Costume Sketch for Aretha Franklin, circa 1972, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Elliott and Carolyn Mittler, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Boyd Clopton
Title
Costume Sketch for Aretha Franklin
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1972
Medium
Gouache on paper, cloth swatch, mounted on cardboard matte
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 14 in. (21.59 x 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Elliott and Carolyn Mittler
Accession Number
AC1996.229.12
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles