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When the Nights Go on  in Hawaii …
Draughtsman (1919 - 2017)
SignatureNon signé / Unsigned
InscriptionsOn front, printed on newsprint paper, l.l.: WHEN THE NIGHTS GO ON / IN HAWAII... / or your own island of enchantment, bathe in / the serenity of an evening sea, casting your / own path of moonlight with myriads of silvery / scales that flutter over a nude body-shell / of stretch nylon. Splendour that emerges, every / scintillating movement caught in a glorious / net of silver threads.; on front, printed on newsprint paper, l.c.: EATON'S; on front, printed on newsprint paper, l.r.: Indicative of Eaton's just-arrived collection for / beach people. [...]
Period Milieu à fin 20e siècle
Dimensions58.4 × 37 cm
Origin Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM2017.114.176
CreditGift of Catherine and John Tyhurst
Status
Not on view

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