Issey Miyake

Dress

Maker

Issey Miyake (Japanese, b. 1938)

Title

Dress

Year

ca. 1990

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

cotton

Dimensions

Center back length: 118.8 cm (46 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: Issey Miyake

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift in honor of Rosemary McGurn O'Brien

Object Number

1997.91

Type

Exhibition History

Re-Viewing the Twentieth Century
Jul 21, 2006 – Apr 22, 2007
Asia in Black and White
Dec 31, 1999 – Mar 19, 2000

Label copy

This Issey Miyake design uses plain white cotton in dramatic abstract fashion with folded and draped straight panels that create texture through light and shadow.

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Tombstone

Issey Miyake (Japanese, b. 1938)
Dress, ca. 1990
Cotton; matelasse
Center back length: 118.8 cm (46 3/4 inches)
Gift in honor of Rosemary McGurn O'Brien 1997.91

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