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Evening dress


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Designer: Eric Gaskins

born 1958

Medium: Silk and glass beads
Date: 2014
Country: USA
Credit: Gift of Eric Gaskins
Eric Gaskins trained as a fine artist and apprenticed with Hubert Givenchy before establishing his company in 1987. This gown’s meticulous beading captures the brushwork of one of his favorite artists, Franz Kline. Elegant eveningwear such as this exemplifies Gaskins’s aesthetic of simple lines coupled with rigorous cut and extraordinary details.
Object Number: 2016.53.1
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