Sketch

Fine Arts

Inventory number
2018.6.13.9.FA.GR.1960.FR
Author:
Yves SAINT-LAURENT (French, 1936 - 2008)
Description
Fashion drawing by Yves SAINT LAURENT for Christian Dior for the Autumn-Winter 1960-1961 collection which was the last collection SAINT LAURENT did for the Haute Couture Fashion House.
The face of the sketch depicts three women wearing similar dresses and jackets.  The woman at the top is wearing a hat with a black ribbon across it.  The jacket has buttons going down the left side of it with a big black empire waist belt. The sleeves are elbow-length. The two women at the bottom are drawn less precisely, the one on the left has a jacket with six buttons, three on each side with a belt at the waist.  The one on the right is seen from the back and has a black empire waist belt.
These sketches are done by pencil.  
Material
Paper
Origin
1960 Paris, France
Dimensions
Length : 12 cm
Height : 32 cm