Cover
Date1922
Artist
Helen Dryden
(American designer, illustrator, and printmaker, 1882–1981)
Illustration CitationCover for Vogue, December 15, 1922
MediumGouache, ink, and watercolor on paper
Dimensionssheet: 19 × 15 1/2 in. (48.3 × 39.4 cm)
frame: 29 5/8 × 25 5/8 × 2 in. (75.2 × 65.1 × 5.1 cm)
frame: 29 5/8 × 25 5/8 × 2 in. (75.2 × 65.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 1991
Object number1991-70
On View
On viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextDryden rejected her four years training in landscape painting in favor of her two loves, illustration and fashion design. From 1909 to 1922, she worked under contract for Vogue, frequently as a cover artist. Later she was an industrial designer. In the late 1930s, Studebaker ads proclaimed, "It's styled by Helen Dryden!" Fanciful characters like these masqueraders in costume reflected her experience as a theatrical costume designer.
