Smake
1952
From the collection of Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
1952
From the collection of Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris
Smake is a 1952 by Carven, held at Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris.
This sketch shows a woman from the back, wearing a long dress with a striped pattern. Her arms are relaxed at her sides, and she stands with one leg slightly forward. The lines are loose but confident, and the dress looks like it’s made of a single piece of fabric. The word *Smake* is written in the corner—maybe a typo or a playful name for the design. The artist used quick, overlapping lines to fill in the dress, giving it texture without much detail. Try looking up *cross-hatching* to see how artists build shading with lines like this.
These delicate ink-on-paper drawings capture the quiet poetry of everyday things: pinecones, reeds, apples.
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