Franklin Adams was a prolific artist, architect, designer, and teacher whose cross-media works spanned painting, sculpture, illustration, set and costume design, architecture, and graphic and interior design. A Florida native, Franklin lived and worked in New Orleans for fifty years both as a member of the faculty of Tulane University and as a successful independent artist. His last body of work, exhibited in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, was a collection of drawings of clothing and accessories entitled Layers of Intimacy.

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Costume design by Franklin Adams for a new ballet in New Orleans, 1978

Set and costume design for a production of Victimes du Devoir.

An Advertisement for Mignon Faget by Franklin Adams.

Nurse Uniform II, 2006 Charcoal and pencil

Pinafore Sundress (child´s), 1999, Watercolor

Stockings with Clothespins, charcoal pencil and white conté crayon, 1994

Longwaisted Strapless Bra, charcoal pencil and white conte crayon

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