Handbook Selection, 1984. Depicts custom dress shop that the Labaudts owned. Central figure is Marcelle. Labaudts designed costumes for artists' balls before WWII that were held in San Francisco Civic Auditorium. Marcelle Labaudt is wife of artist.
Concepts:
mannequin; modernism; Artists' Ball; sewing machine; women laborers; industry; labor
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