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Visage, scarf

Visage, scarf
 (late 1970s)

Medium
screenprinted silk (damask)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
screenprinted silk (damask)
Measurements
86.0 × 88.5 cm
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
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.

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