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This is the dress, from Paris with shape
This is the dress, from Paris with shape
This is the dress, from Paris with shape

Press proof

This is the dress, from Paris with shape
Draughtsman (1919 - 2017)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsOn front, printed on newsprint paper, l.c.: This is THE DRESS, / from Paris with shape / The modern art of simplicity basis itself on / shape. The shape of the new close-to-the- / body dress, the shape of new patterns - stripes. [...] / EATON'S ; on front, printed on newsprint paper, l.r.: THE / "NEW / ORLEANS" / TOWN HOUSE
Period Milieu à fin 20e siècle
Dimensions54.3 × 42.8 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM2017.114.182
CreditGift of Catherine and John Tyhurst

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