In this hour lecture Steven L. Grafe, Curator of Art at the Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale, WA will discuss the Theatre de la Mode mannequins and sets that inspired Karen LaMonte’s Etude series of ⅓ life-size scaled dress sculptures.

Photo Caption: 01 Evening dress by Charles Montaigne (Dutch, 1900–1989), coiffure by Azema, c. 1946, approx. 27½” tall; from Joan Rebull’s 1946 Le Caroussel décor; Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art.