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Visage, scarf
(late 1970s)

Medium
screenprinted silk (damask)

Measurements
86.0 × 88.5 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
printed in white ink on black silk l.l.: ascher
printed in white ink on black silk l.c.r: Jean Cocteau 1947

Accession Number
2019.480

Department
International Fashion and Textiles

Physical description
Square scarf featuring a screen-printed design of white face surrounded by hair/squiqqles of white, brown and grey on windowpane checked black ground. Borders are hand-rolled.