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Dress
Retailed by: Akris (Swiss, founded in 1922)
Designed by: Albert Kriemler (Swiss, born in 1960)
In collaboration with: Carmen Herrera (Cuban, 1915 – 2022)
Designed by: Albert Kriemler (Swiss, born in 1960)
In collaboration with: Carmen Herrera (Cuban, 1915 – 2022)
Swiss
Spring/Summer 2017
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
Center back: 161.3 cm (63 1/2 in.)
Center front: 154.9 cm (61 in.)
Costume: 33 1/4 × 33 1/2 × 37 in. (84.5 × 85.1 × 94 cm)
Center front: 154.9 cm (61 in.)
Costume: 33 1/4 × 33 1/2 × 37 in. (84.5 × 85.1 × 94 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Akris
Accession Number2017.4634
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Contemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
When Albert Kriemer, Creative Director for the Swiss fashion brand Akris, saw an exhibition of Carmen Herrera’s Blanco y Verde paintings at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in 2015, he was overwhelmed by “her sense of color and proportion, a blend of euphoria and perfect order.” He sought out the then 100-year-old artist and proposed using her work as inspiration for his next clothing collection, which was released in 2017. An example of Herrera's Blanco y Verde series is in the MFA collection: 2014.1009.
DescriptionSilk georgette gown inspired by Carmen Herrera's Blanco y Verde, 1959. Round neck, contrast front panel, double-layer, sleeveless
Provenance2017, sample designed by Albert Kriemler for Akris, St. Gallen, Switzerland; 2017, gift of Akris, New York to the MFA . (Accession date: December 14, 2017)