That was likely Fez.
Carl Erickson with his poodle, circa 1930.
Ericksons work had a distinctive slant too.
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Working with a live model or on-site, his expressive line captured elegance, essence, and movement vibrantly.
Erickson, she explained, couldnt invent scenarios and only draw what he saw.
In other worlds the flourish and fiction of his line is based in fact.
Carl Erickson with his poodle, circa 1930.
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
Illustration by Eric (Carl Erickson) / Condé Nast Archive
