Illustration

Fashion illustration on cardboard illustration in charcoal, alcohol marker, and white paint; two women are pictured and take up the entire page; the woman on the left is shown full-bodied, standing with her legs crossed; she wears a cherry red blazer that is open; it has white buttons, a notched lapel, and folded plaid handkerchief in the chest pocket; underneath is a white shirt with a peter pan collar and red tied bow; her skirt is an A-line below the knee with a red, white, and gray plaid print; the skirt has knife pleats only on the sides; she has on shiny round-toed flats with tassel details on the top; she holds a handbag in her left hand; the woman on the right is sitting, leaning on her right hand; only half of her body is visible; she wears a blazer in the same style as the previous woman, but this one is in the red, white, and gray plaid; she styles it buttoned up, paired with cherry red pants; underneath the blazer is a white shirt that has an ascot collar; the protective paper cover for this illustration has Ellen Dudley’s logo; taped on the back of the board is a paper reading, “Land of Ads 1981 Entry Form: the lines have been filled in as follows: “Category: Graphic, Number: 181 B, Agency: Dudley Fashion Drawings, Phone: 251-151 (final number obscured by tape), Advertiser: W. J. Rendall’s, Phone: 274-060(?), Writer: David Rendall’s, Art Director: Ellen Dudley, Printer/Producer: Madison Newspaper, Photographer/illustrator: Ellen Dudley, Talent: (Blank), Fee: (Blank)”; measures 22.25 inches wide by 29 inches tall.

Dudley, Ellen

1970-1990

Donor: Terry Straavaldsen

Object ID #2024.04.39.ab

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Fashion drawing

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