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1987

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Drawing, WilliWear Fifth Avenue Store, New York, NY

This is a Drawing. It was designed by SITE and drafted by James Wines and made for WilliWear Ltd..

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from James Wines as part of Willi Smith: Street Couture.

It is dated 1987 and we acquired it in 2022. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Virginia Bayer, Paul Herzan, Adam Charlap Hyman, and Colleen Weis and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 35.6 × 42.9 cm (14 in. × 16 7/8 in.) H x W (frame allowance): 38.1 × 45.4 cm (15 in. × 17 7/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, WilliWear Fifth Avenue Store, New York, NY; Designed by SITE; Drafted by James Wines (American, b. 1932); Made for WilliWear Ltd.; brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper; H x W: 35.6 × 42.9 cm (14 in. × 16 7/8 in.) H x W (frame allowance): 38.1 × 45.4 cm (15 in. × 17 7/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Virginia Bayer, Paul Herzan, Adam Charlap Hyman, and Colleen Weis and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2022-34-2

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Willi Smith: Street Couture.

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