Original drawings by Donald S. Hendricks to illustrate John Rechy's The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens (2003), together with emails from Rechy to Hendricks, and a set of paper dolls from hendricks' Icons & Lovers series.

Donald Hendricks studied at the Art Student's League in New York and has specialized in high fashion, beauty and lingerie illustrations. His clients have included Vassarette, Olga, Max Factor, Lady Schick, and Redken. He has illustrated many books, including The International Beauty Book, International Hair Design, and Leslie Blanchard's Hair-Coloring Book. His drawings have appeared in the advertising and/or editorial pages of such magazines as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and Hairdo & Beauty. His retail accounts have included Mary McFadden, Halston, and Galanos, whose gowns he used in the Fashion Illustration classes he taught at Riverside Art Museum.

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