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MARY WILLS 1900 Signed Fashion Illustration
MARY WILLS 1900 Signed Fashion Illustration
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Signed on lower left corner Mary Wills, 1900. In graphite.Subject depicts a graphite sketch of a woman dressed in Victorian dress, posing with furniture behind her. Some elements are in colored with water colors.Framed in ornate wooden and plaster frame with green felt matting. Approximately 38 x 28.5 inches, window measures 29 x 19.5 inches Evident wearing and lose to frame.Mary Wills Signed Illustration, Signed Art, framed graphite sketch, graphite drawing, framed drawing, fashion illustration, Mary Wills Fashion ketch, wall art, Home decor. Interior design. 12 Art wall.Mary Wills (July 4, 1914 – February 7, 1997[1]) was an American costume designer.Wills was born in Prescott, Arizona.In the 1930s, her family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico.Willis studied at the University of Arizona before completing her bachelors degree at the University of New Mexico. She began her career creating sets and costumes at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. She went on to earn a masters degree at the Yale University Art and Drama School.Her first job in Hollywood was working as a sketch artist on Gone with the Wind.She was nominated for an Oscar seven times, earning the Academy Award for her colorful designs for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm in 1962. In addition to designing for film, she has also worked on live shows, including Shipstead & Johnsons Ice Follies and the New Buffalo Bill WildWest Show.Wills died in Sedona, Arizona, at age 82 of renal failure. Her original sketches are part of the collection at Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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