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Big fish dress and hat

FLAMINGO PARK, Sydney (fashion house), Jenny KEE (designer)
Big fish dress and hat
 1979

Medium
knitted cotton, painted straw

Measurements
(a) 90.0 cm (centre back) 67.0 cm (waist, flat) (dress)
(b) 14.0 cm (height) 46.0 cm (depth) 143.0 cm (outer circumference) (hat)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, Victorian Foundation for Living Australian Artists, 2016
© Jenny Kee

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales

Inscription
(a) label, centre back neckline, printed in black on hot pink acetate: (illus of Kee’s face) jan / ayres / FLAMINGO/PARK / SYDNEY

Accession Number
2016.12.a-b

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest

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