A bust-length painted portrait of modern brassiere inventor Caresse Crosby from 1921. Her hair is dark and in a very short flapper bob. She wears all white and the background is white too, thickly painted, so that she almost seems to disappear into it.

“Caresse Crosby”

1927

  • Artist

    Polia Chentoff
    Russian, 1896 – 1933

  • Medium

    Oil on canvas

  • Dimensions

    18 1/8 × 14 15/16 inches

  • Credit Line

    Special Collections Research Center, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Photo: Gregory Wendt.

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