Research Catalog
Joan Personette costume designs
- Title
- Joan Personette costume designs, 1940s-1950s.
- Author
- Personette, Joan, 1914-
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
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7 Items
| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2013-057 Box 1 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2013-057 Box 2 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2013-057 Box 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2013-057 Box 4 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 5 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2013-057 Box 5 | Offsite |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 6 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2013-057 Box 6 | Offsite |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 7 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2013-057 Box 7 | Offsite |
Details
- Description
- 7 boxes (50 drawings) : col.; 61 x 50 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Original costume designs by Joan Personette.
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Note
- A number of backings from the designs' original framings are also included in the collection.
- One design is identified as being for the Roxy Theatre in an exhibition catalog.
- Source (note)
- Jack J. Dreyfus;
- Call Number
- *T-Vim 2013-057
- OCLC
- 849283345
- Author
- Personette, Joan, 1914- Costume designer
- Title
- Joan Personette costume designs, 1940s-1950s.
- Biography
- Joan Personette was born on June 30, 1914 in Irvington, New Jersey. She studied at the New York School of Design, then worked for Rusick's Clothing Store. Personette later became evening gown designer for Milgrim's. She designed costumes for the Roxy Theatre stage shows from 1939-1952 and went on to design the Broadway musical revues Hellzapoppin, 1938, and Two on the aisle, 1951. Personette also designed costumes for a number of editions of Skating vanities, ca. 1940s-1950s, as well for nightclub shows, and for actress Tallulah Bankhead's television show and Las Vegas debut. She married financier John J. ("Jack") Dreyfus in 1939. They had one son, John; they separated after four years and later divorced. In 1959, Personette studied under Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, Massachusetts, then at the Art Students League, and also with Milton Avery, developing her talent as an abstract painter and collage artist. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including several retrospectives. Personette died in Reno, Nevada, where she had lived for several decades, on August 29, 1998.
- Source
- Gift; Jack J. Dreyfus; 2007.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Vim 2013-057