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Andrée Golbin papers

Collection

Identifier: KA-0019-01

Summary After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1943, Andrée Golbin (1923-2006) led a long career as a painter, graphic artist and illustrator. In addition to serving as art director for Mademoiselle magazine in the early 1950s, Golbin created artwork for a diverse roster of clients, including several modern dance companies, Henri Bendel, and American Cyanamid. The New School Archives holds examples of Golbin's drawings and completed projects in the form of...

Dates: 1947 - 1996

Found in: The New School Archives

Dora Mathieu portrait sketches

Collection

Identifier: KA-0032-01

Abstract Dora Mathieu (1909-1980) taught fashion drawing in the Parsons School of Design Fashion Illustration Department, 1964-1966. The Kellen Design Archives holds twenty-nine of Mathieu's sketches, depicting notable designers of the mid-twentieth century. Although the earliest dated portrait is from 1938, the bulk of the collection was created between 1965 and 1968.

Dates: 1938 - 1968; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1968

Found in: The New School Archives

Fred Greenhill fashion illustrations

Collection

Identifier: KA-0022-01

Summary Fred Greenhill (1925-2007) graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1950. He went on to work as a fashion illustrator for Neiman Marcus in the 1950s, and was the primary artist for Saks Fifth Avenue in the 1960s and early 1970s. Greenhill is most recognized for his Lord & Taylor illustrations, including the company's trademark long-stemmed rose. The New School Archives holds approximately 700 fashion illustrations that Greenhill created from the 1960s through the 1980s.

Dates: circa 1960s-1980s

Found in: The New School Archives

Herbert Sondheim, Inc. fashion business scrapbooks

Collection

Identifier: KA-0039-01

Abstract Herbert Sondheim (1895-1966), who lectured at Parsons School of Design in 1946, ran a dressmaking business that produced affordable versions of Parisian high-end fashion. The collection consists of nineteen Herbert Sondheim, Inc. scrapbooks, the bulk of which contain fashion drawings and sketches. Included in some books are sketches depicting the work of Vionnet, Chanel, Molyneux, and other couture houses. The sketches were used by Sondheim designers as templates and inspiration in the early...

Dates: 1923 - 1947

Found in: The New School Archives

Juke Goodman fashion illustration collection

Collection

Identifier: KA-0112

Summary A collection of eighteen 1940s and 1950s fashion and jewelry illustrations collected by art director Juke Goodman. Artists represented in the collection include René Robert Bouché, Burma Burris, Carl Erickson ("Eric"), Ruth Graftstrom, and Jacqueline Lindner. Goodman served as art director for Saks Fifth Avenue and was a visiting lecturer at Parsons School of Design.

Dates: 1940-1952, undated

Found in: The New School Archives

Lucie Porges fashion design papers

Collection

Identifier: KA-0139-01

Summary The Lucie Porges fashion design papers include biographical materials, fashion sketches, fashion illustrations and fashion photographs, and teaching records. It is of a primarily professional nature, with little documentation of Porges's personal life. The primary activities documented are Porges's fashion design work for Pauline Trigère and her teaching activities at Parsons School of Design.

Dates: 1950 - 2011

Found in: The New School Archives

Parsons School of Design Fashion Design Department records

Record Group

Identifier: PC-02-02-01

Scope and Content of Collection Contains the records of the Fashion Design Department of Parsons The New School for Design. Records include course syllabi and descriptions, look books, clippings scrapbooks, student work, and annual fashion benefit planning records, photographs, and programs. A name index for searching Parsons alumni and faculty in the clippings scrapbooks may be found here.

Dates: 1941 - 2008

Found in: The New School Archives

Portrait of Sophie Gimbel

Item

Identifier: KA-0113

Scope and Content of Collection Fashion illustration by René Robert Bouché depicting American fashion designer Sophie Gimbel. The illustration appeared in the April 15, 1961 issue of American Vogue with the caption, "Sophie's sari tactics for short evenings." Signed "RRB" in upper right-hand corner. A framed reproduction of this illustration hung on a column at the entrance to Parson School of Design's Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library on the 2nd floor of 2 West 13th...

Dates: circa 1961

Found in: The New School Archives

René Bouché fashion illustrations

Collection

Identifier: KA-0038-01

Summary A celebrated portraitist and leader in fashion illustration, René Robert Bouché (1905-1963) was a visiting lecturer at Parsons School of Design in 1947. The collection, assembled by Jerry Silverman and Shannon Rodgers, consists of over 100 of Bouché's fashion illustrations, as well as a poster from a 1974 exhibition of his work at Parsons.

Dates: 1949 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1952 - 1954

Found in: The New School Archives

Suzy Ehrlich fashion illustrations

Collection

Identifier: KA-0064

Summary Suzy Lorraine Ehrlich (1919-2006), was a New York-based fashion illustrator and product designer. The collection is comprised of 69 fashion illustrations executed in pen and ink, pastel, crayon, watercolor, and collage. It also includes two mailers advertising Milliken yarns. Some illustrations may have been executed for a class taught by Jack Potter at the School of Visual Arts.

Dates: circa 1950s - 1960s

Found in: The New School Archives

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