Paris: Givenchy. Xerograph. Fabric swatches attached with staples. Sheet measures 11 3/4" x 8 1/4". This original croquis features a dress by the haute-couture house Givenchy from approximately the mid-1970s. The print was made from a xerograph of an original drawing and shows a dress with long sleeves, a wide scoop neck, and a paneled skirt with side slits. Swatches of the appropriate black wool are stapled to the sheet, and a stamp in the upper left identifies the address..... More

Paris: Renouard, 1836. Hand colored lithograph. Image measures 10 1/2" x 14 1/2". This print was published in the 1836 Spanish edition of Carl Nebel's "Viaje Pintoresco y Arqueolojico sobre la Parte mas Interesante de la Republica Mejicana", or "Picturesque and Archaeological Journey through Mexico". Lithographed after an original painting by Nebel made during his travels, the image depicts a street scene with two women and a man gathered in a plaza. The women are of Spanish ancestry, wearing mantillas..... More