1921 Press Photo Artist Helen Dryden Sketch of Costume for Play \"Clair de Lune\" For Sale

1921 Original Press Photo by PHOTOGRAPHER PETER A. JULEY.Beige taffeta, its skirt four feet across the front with a huge ruff at the waist. At front, back, and sides of the skirt, innumerable chiffon roses in blue, 800 in all, arranged in perpendicular lines.
Blue roses for shoulder straps on right arm, an armlet of blue roses above the elbow, a fan of silver sticks with enormous blue feathers and touches of pink.
Costume: a fancy of the courts of Louis XIV, XV, XVI.
This is one of Helen Dryden\'s designs for the women\'s costumes of the new Barrymore play, \"Clair de Lune,\" opening at the Empire Theatre, Monday, April 18.Helen Dryden was an American artist and industrial designer in the 1920s and 1930s. She was reportedly described by The New York Times as being the highest-paid woman artist in the United States, though she lived in comparative poverty in later years.Photo is Dated: April 27, 1921.
THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC PHOTO, NOT A COPY OR SCANS.
Photo Measures Approximately: 7.5 x 9 Inches.
THERE ARE FEW MINOR CREASE MARKINGS.Part Number: AAA73327ALL items are more than likely going to have condition wear (small creases, corner wear, etc...) due to age and touching. These photos were meant to be handled and were by the newspapers and other media outlets before we purchased them.

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