Mount Mary University Digital Collections

Illustration

Item

2024.04.23.a.jpg
2024.04.23.b.jpg

Title

Illustration

Description

Black and white retail illustration cardboard illustration board in colored pencil and graphite; a faint light blue sketch can be seen beneath the final image; image of two women laying down, propped up on their right arms; they both wear bathing suits and appear to be in a sunny location; the woman in the forefront has dark wavy hair swept to the side; her bathing suit is strapless, with a straight neckline; there are three lines of shirring with elastic thread at neckline; the top has a print of vertical rectangles in different tones, with the lighter colored rectangles having plaid in them; below the waistline, the bathing suit is a dark shade with a tie at the center front waist; the woman in the background has short, light, and curly hair; she shields her eyes from the sun while smiling widely; her bathing suit has a halter-style top over a deep V; it has a shiny diagonal stripe print which is emphasized by the right side of the bathing suit crossing over the left directly under the bust; signed “Dudley”; the wax paper overlay reads, “THROW ‘EM A FEW CURVES” along a wavy line at the top; the bottom reads, “Marcus Dean. Atrium Fashion Mall, 5618 Odana Road. 274-9558. Mon-Fri.. 10-8, Sat. 10-5.”; the cardboard cover for this illustration has Ellen Dudley’s logo; measures 15 inches wide by 20 inches tall.

Creator

Dudley, Ellen

Date

1970-1990

Source

Donor: Terry Straavaldsen

Is Part Of

Ellen Dudley Exhibit

Identifier

Object ID #2024.04.23.ab
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/191dc55ae6449aed306972e32610ca7c.jpg

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

Subject

Fashion drawing
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Type

Still Image

Format

Still Shot

Citation

Dudley, Ellen, “Illustration,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed March 18, 2025, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/4300.