Dora Mathieu portrait sketches
1938-1968 (bulk 1965-1968)
- Collection Overview
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Organization and Arrangement
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
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Guide to the Dora Mathieu portrait sketches, 1938-1968
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator
- Mathieu, Dora
- Title
- Dora Mathieu portrait sketches, 1938-1968 (bulk 1965-1968)
- Extent
- 1 linear ft : 29 illustrations
- Summary
- Dora Mathieu (1909-1980) taught fashion drawing in the Parsons School of Design Fashion Illustration Department, 1964-1966. The Kellen Design Archives holds 29 of Mathieu's sketches, depicting notable designers of the mid-20th century. Although the earliest dated portrait is from 1938, the bulk of the collection was created between 1965 and 1968.
Biographical note
Dora Mathieu was born in Schenechtady, New York in 1909. She studied at the Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, to which she later returned as an instructor from 1955 through 1957. From 1945 until 1952, Mathieu taught at the Art Students League in New York and exhibited with the Society of Illustrators. She later taught fashion illustration at Parsons School of Design during the 1964-1965 and 1965-1966 academic years.
Art Students League advertisements indicate that she used the name "Dora de Vries" until 1951, when she began using "Dora Mathieu."
Source: Byrnes, Gene and A. Thornton Bishope. A Complete Guide to Drawing, Illustration, Cartooning, and Painting. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1948, 288.
Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of 29 sketches executed in colored pencil on sketchbook paper. All are signed, "Dora." The sketches range in size from 10 x 15 inches to 18 x 24 inches. The subjects are notable designers of the mid-20th century, and include Stella Brooks, Sophie Gimbel, Anne Klein, Vera Maxwell, and Emilio Pucci.
Some sketches exhibit discoloration and adhesive residue from tape.
Organization and Arrangement
Portraits are arranged alphabetically by subject's last name.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives August 6, 2010
66 5th Ave./lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Related Materials
A letter from Dora Mathieu to Bonwit Teller display designer Dan Arje is present in the Dan Arje papers (KA.0001) in the Kellen Design Archives.
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Genre(s)
- Drawings.
- Portraits.
- Sketches.
Occupation(s)
- Illustrators.
Subject(s)
- Fashion designers -- United States -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
- Fashion drawing.
Collection Inventory
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Stella Brooks, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 8 | ||
| Bonnie Cashin, undated | k_OSxx-3 | 8 | ||
| Betse Conn, 1947 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Eloise Curtis, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 7 | ||
| Emile de John of Alex de John, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 8 | ||
| Jane Derby, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Theodora Edelman, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| June Francis of Junior Sophisticates, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 8 | ||
| Sophie Gimbel, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Julia Harris, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Elizabeth Hawes, 1938 | k_4 | 10 | ||
| Ria Herlenger, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Stan Herman of Mr. Mort, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 7 | ||
| Theo Hyngstrom of Junior Boutique, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 7 | ||
| Jane Justin of Don Sophisticates, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 7 | ||
| Anne Klein, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Vera Maxwell, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Ken Meritt of Braetan, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 7 | ||
| Tom Nasarre of Junior Sophisticates, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 8 | ||
| William Pahlmann and Pauline Trigere, undated | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Sylvia Pedlar, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Pucci, 1968 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Rikki, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Joel Schumacher, 1964 | k_4 | 10 | ||
| Ken Scott, 1942 | k_4 | 10 | ||
| Evelyn Sini of Stiletto, 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 7 | ||
| Helen Sisson, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Stella Sloat, 1965 | k_OSx-2 | 7 | ||
| Faye Wagner of Dani Jrs., 1968 | k_OSxx-3 | 7 | ||