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Doris De Pont, Auckland (fashion house)
Doris De Pont (designer)
Margo Barton (milliner)
Sofia Tekela-Smith
Outfit: Habanero halter top, Pacific pleats skirt, Hibiscus, feather and Pule headpiece and Towards a ship of new arrivals... necklace 2003 {Let’s gather here collection, winter 2004}
polyester, video tape, transparent synthetic polymer resin, vinyl, cotton thread, mother-of-pearl
(a) 55.0 cm (centre back) 37.0 cm (waist, flat) (top)
(b) 97.0 (centre back) 37.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 25.0 cm (height) 46.0 cm (waist, flat) (titi)
(d) 7.5 × 18.0 × 29.0 cm (headpiece)
(e) 28.5 × 18.0 × 1.6 cm (necklace)
(f) 4.0 × 8.0 × 7.5 cm (bangle)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2008
© Doris de Pont
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house), Doris DE PONT (designer), Margo BARTON (milliner), Sofia TEKELA-SMITH
Outfit: Habanero halter top, Pacific pleats skirt, Hibiscus, feather and Pule headpiece and Towards a ship of new arrivals... necklace
2003
Let’s gather here collection, winter 2004
Medium
polyester, video tape, transparent synthetic polymer resin, vinyl, cotton thread, mother-of-pearl
Measurements
(a) 55.0 cm (centre back) 37.0 cm (waist, flat) (top)
(b) 97.0 (centre back) 37.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 25.0 cm (height) 46.0 cm (waist, flat) (titi)
(d) 7.5 × 18.0 × 29.0 cm (headpiece)
(e) 28.5 × 18.0 × 1.6 cm (necklace)
(f) 4.0 × 8.0 × 7.5 cm (bangle)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2008
© Doris de Pont
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Based on imagery from an artwork of the same name by Niuean/Aotearoa New Zealander artist John Pule, Doris De Pont’s winter 2004 collection Let’s Gather Here reflects her interest in New Zealand’s Pacific influences. The halter-neck top and sunray pleated skirt have been hand-printed with designs drawn by Pule. The outfit is styled with a titi (dance skirt) made from black video tape, a perspex headpiece made by milliner Margo Barton, and a mother-of-pearl necklace made by artist Sofia Tekela-Smith. The necklace, titled Towards a ship of arrivals..., is also engraved with a piece of poetry by Pule.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Auckland, New Zealand
Inscription
(a) label, centre back, woven in gold on red acetate: DORIS DE PONT / MADE IN NEW ZEALAND / 1
(b) label, centre back, woven in gold on red acetate: DORIS DE PONT / MADE IN NEW ZEALAND / 1
(c) none
(d) none
(e) engraved: REFLECTIONS IN CITY WINDOWS SHOWED ME PEOPLE / WALKING TOWARDS A SHIP OF ARRIVALS BEARING GIFTS / TO THE SEA ONE CHILD THREW WHAT/ LOOKED LIKE DRAWINGS OF BIRDS / MORPHING INTO BURNT SIENNA HOUSES
(f) none
Accession Number
2008.248.a-f
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
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