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Trumpet

Artist Robert Andrew Parker (b. 1927)

CultureAmerican

Date1968

MediumLamé | Fabric

Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler

Object number0.3238.14

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DescriptionThis is a costume of a trumpet. It is gold lamé with round forms fore & aft, tubular pipes. Circular stiffening at bottom. Front has purple jersey top and panels to floor. The hat is purple and gold lamé.

ProvenanceMrs. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1968; Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler to The Chrysler Museum, 1971?. Exhibition History"Fantasy in Fabric: The Artist as Couturier," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., April 19 - June 3, 1990; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Tx., Oct. 27 - Dec. 30, 1990; Birmingham Museum of Art, Al., Feb. 1 - March 31, 1991; Portland Museum of Art, Me., Oct. 27, 1994 - Jan. 22, 1995.