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Rose Marie Reid
Woman's Swimsuitcirca 1963

Not on view
Sleeveless tunic displayed on an invisible form, covered in an allover geometric print with yellow diamonds, teal hexagons, and interlocking pink and red rectangles
Sleeveless fitted dress displayed on a headless form, featuring a bold geometric print in yellow, green, pink, orange, and white, with interlocking diamond, hexagon, and square motifs across the fabric.
One-piece swimsuit displayed on a headless torso form, printed with a bold geometric pattern of squares, triangles, and hexagons in yellow, pink, orange, red, and teal on a white ground.
Printed textile with two bold geometric patterns: a large-scale honeycomb grid in green and white occupying the upper right, and an abstract cityscape of interlocking rectangular forms in pink, red, orange, and yellow at lower left, outlined in black.
Textile or paper with an abstract geometric pattern of nested rectangles and interlocking lines set diagonally, in yellow, chartreuse, pink, orange, and red on a white ground, with bold black outlines and a soft, slightly fuzzy surface texture.
Designer
Rose Marie Reid
Canada, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1906-1978
Title
Woman's Swimsuit
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
circa 1963
Medium
Spandex knit (jersey), printed
Dimensions
Center front length: 24 in. (60.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Esther Ginsberg and Linda Davis in honor of Lesli Baker-Gee
Accession Number
AC1998.117.1
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2011.
  • Kaplan, Wendy, ed. Living in a Modern Way: California Design, 1930-1965. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2013.
Selected Exhibition History
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
  • California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014