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Poster, Issey Miyake 1996

This is a Poster. It was photographed by Irving Penn and featuring artwork by Issey Miyake. It is dated 1996 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is lithograph on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Unknown Donor.

  • Cap (Egypt)
  • untwisted silk, gilded parchment; z-spun linen lining.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1949-64-7

Its dimensions are

103.8 x 72.7 cm (40 7/8 x 28 5/8 in. )

It is signed

Imprinted in black, vertically on lower right: "Photograph Copyright © 1996 by Irving Penn/ Design by Ikko Tanaka".

It is inscribed

Imprinted in black, across top: "ISSEY MIYAKE 1996"

Cite this object as

Poster, Issey Miyake 1996; Featuring artwork by Issey Miyake (Japanese, b. 1935); Photographed by Irving Penn (American, 1917 - 2009); Japan; lithograph on wove paper; 103.8 x 72.7 cm (40 7/8 x 28 5/8 in. ); Gift of Unknown Donor; 1996-130-2

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