VEST
Medium
Mauve, sleeveless & embroidered with gold bullion & spangles
Measurements
CB 38.7 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Kenneth Myer, 1973
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
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Exhibition
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Essay
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Sacred geometry: The art and life of Reko Rennie
Essay
Exploring frames and framing in late 19th century Melbourne through the transcription of Thallon’s ledger 1888/89–1903
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Breakfast With Bonnard
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Exquisite Corpse
Learning Resource
Digital Creatives: Egyptian Enigma
Video
The Picasso Century | Online tour
Video
Session one: Queer People Archiving Their Histories
Video
Session two: The Legacy of David McDiarmid
Video
Session three: HIV/AIDS Activism, Then and Now
Video
Session four: Landmark LGBTQ+ Exhibitions in Australia
Video
Virtual Curator Tour | Goya
Video
NGVWA Presents ‘Art of Tea’
Video
Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series Keynote: Redesigning Artificial Intelligence – From Australia Out
Video
Salon et Lumière | A Telstra Creativity and Innovation Series presentation
Video
TIWI | Exhibition video tour
Learning Resource
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Video
Drop-by Drawing with Juan Ford | An archer
Explore the collection
DAMASK
Glove purse
MAISON MARTIN MARGIELA, Paris (fashion house); Martin MARGIELA (designer)
CAP
Hero and Leander
Nicolas RÉGNIER
Teacup and saucer
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer)
Pregnancy ensemble
(ENGLAND)
Lace
(FRANCE)
Portrait of an old lady
Françoise DUPARC
Weeping woman
Pablo PICASSO
Writing cabinet
Rene DUBOIS
Clock garniture
MINTON, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (manufacturer); Marc-Louis-Emmanuel SOLON (decorator)
Black bunny ears hat
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Stephen JONES (designer)
BROCADE
Boots
VIVIENNE WESTWOOD, London (fashion house); Vivienne WESTWOOD (designer)
PANEL
(TURKEY)
Gates of Venice (View of the Venetian lagoon with the Tower of Marghera)
Francesco GUARDI
Dress
STEPHEN SPROUSE, New York (fashion house); Stephen SPROUSE (designer)
Sampler
Margaret FOSTER
Baronne Madeleine Deslandes
Edward BURNE-JONES
Shoe covers
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
The Banquet of Cleopatra
Giambattista TIEPOLO
Dunstanburgh Castle, north-east coast of Northumberland, sunrise after a squally night
J. M. W. TURNER
Beach dress
FRANCE
Skin heel boots
FECAL MATTER, Montreal (fashion house); Steven Raj BHASKARAN (designer); Hannah DALTON (designer)
SHOE
Top
COMME DES GARÇONS, Tokyo (fashion house); Rei KAWAKUBO (designer)
The skittle players
David TENIERS II
Johann Friedrich Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, plaque
VOLKSTEDT PORCELAIN FACTORY, Volkstedt (manufacturer)
LENGTH OF FABRIC
Painting, 202 x 143, 6 November 1967
Pierre SOULAGES