Body Covering With Encircling Tubing
Artist
Sidney Simon
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1969
MediumFabric, cloth, tubes
Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Object number0.3238.4
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a costume consisting of brightly colored "tubing" encircling the wearer. In addition, the shoes and a headdress made of the same tubing.ProvenanceMrs. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1969; 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.
19th century
