Dress With White Hands
Artist
Michael Biddle
(American, born 1934)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1969
MediumOrganza
Credit LineGift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Object number0.3238.1
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a blue organza straight dress, with white hands painted at random (a). Sleeves of double ruffles (b,c & d,e). It also includes a headdress (f) of top crown red reet, gold spire. Shaped blue organza falling to shoulders. Clouds attached.ProvenanceMrs. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., 1969; Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler to The Chrysler Museum,1971?. Exhibition History"Skowhegan: A Ten-Year Retrospective, 1975-1985," Circulated throughout the United States, 1987-1988. "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.
