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Description
A young woman stands ankle-deep in calm turquoise blue waters in her bathing costume. Her sleeveless costume is of a brown mottled fabric with pink shoulder straps and ribbon tied in a casual bow just below the bust, creating an Empire waist. The bathing costume falls to mid-thigh level. She wears a black bathing cap with brown trim and holds a small gray crab away from her with her right hand. She is placed against a cloudless blue sky and there are brightly colored red hills in the background suggesting she is in a bay or harbor. The strong colors, simple composition, and flat spatial recession suggest the influence of "japonisme," a popular artistic style in France at the turn of the century.
Bows (Ribbon work) Caps (Headgear) Clothing and dress Ribbons Seas and oceans Seaweed Women's clothing Women's hats 20th C costume France Bathing costumes Japonisme
Time Period
1910-1919 French - Third Republic, 1870-1940 American - Reconstructionist, 1865-1918 United Kingdom - Modern, 1901-1919
Place
France
Source
Fashion plate, engraving (print), colored, 5.5 x 8.875 inches; Scripps College, Ella Strong Denison Library, Macpherson Collection, Costume Plates of Myrtle Tyrrell Kirby, box 11
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