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Custom Made

1939

Riva Helfond

Associated Names

Riva Helfond

Artist, American, 1910 - 2002

The image depicts a woman sitting in front of a sewing machine. She is hunched over with her head resting on her arms. Her face is not visible as her head is turned away. She has hair secured in a bun and wears a long dress with stains or marks. She sits in a high-backed wooden chair, next to a dress form or mannequin. In the background, there is a curtain, and fabric or garments hanging on a line or rack. The scene is dimly lit by a hanging lamp.

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Artwork overview

Medium

lithograph
Credit Line

Reba and Dave Williams Collection, Gift of Reba and Dave Williams
Dimensions

image: 32.8 × 23 cm (12 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
sheet: 38.2 × 27.2 cm (15 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Accession Number

2008.115.2442
Catalogue Raisonné

Teller #38

Artwork history & notes

Inscriptions

Inscribed: "Custom Made" in pencil, lower left; signed: Riva Helfond - 39 in pencil, lower right

Wikidata ID

Q76549295

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