Sheath cocktail dress by Cristobal Balenciaga, Paris, France
1950
Artist, American, 1912 - 2006

Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 47.5 × 38.4 cm (18 11/16 × 15 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2016.117.161
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gordon Parks, New York; gift to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1998; acquired by NGA, 2016.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top center in black pen: No 84 527-62 / GORDON PARKS / CORNUCOPIA OF FASHION; by the American Federation of Arts, top center typed on adhesive label: exhibition title: Ideas in Images ex. number: 63-8 / title of work: CORNUCOPIA OF FASHION artist: Gordon Parks / lender: Gordon Parks cat. number: 84 / circulation dates: December 1962 - February 1965 / THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS . 41 East 65 Street, New York 21; by unknown hand, center under label in graphite: [?] / RA; by the American Federation of Arts, center printed red adhesive label: IN THE EVENT OF DAMAGE / DO NOT TOUCH / OR REPAIR / WITHOUT PERMISSION OF / THE REGISTRAR / THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS; by unknown hand, center in graphite circled: 84; by Corcoran Gallery of Art, bottom right corner in graphite: CGA#072
Wikidata ID
Q64154451