Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Thumbnail-size images of copyrighted artworks are displayed under fair use, in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, published by the College Art Association in February 2015.

Woman's ensemble

Designed by: Emilio Pucci, Inc. (Italian, founded about 1948)
Italian
1970s

Medium/Technique Silk
Dimensions Center back (top): 63.5 cm (25 in.)
Length (shorts): 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by the Fashion Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession Number2014.398.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCostumes

DescriptionGeometric print blouse in green, gold and black. Collared. Button-closures down center front. Some buttons attached, others are in plastic bag pinned to tag at collar.

Geometric print shorts in green gold and black.
Signed "Saks" and "Pucci" labels at back collar.
ProvenanceAfter 1965 - before 2012, acquired by Micheline Muselli Pozzo di Borgo (Micheline Lerner), Italy [1]; before 2013, sold by Lerner to Cameron Silver, Decades, Los Angeles, CA; 2014, sold by Decades to the MFA. (Accession date: February 26, 2014)

[1] Micheline Lerner was married to American lyricist Alan Jay Lerner. They lived in New York City.