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Drawing, WilliWear Showroom, 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.
"We said, 'Let's just do the street. Let's bring the street into the showroom.' And he loved that idea." Smith gave Wines a tour of the Christopher Street Pier, then a well-known gay cruising spot, in order to point out areas that featured his favorite textures, materials, and atmospheres. "He highlighted particular arrangements, specific portions of corrugated metal and pipes. He also took me to the gay bars around the waterfront."
--James Wines, SITE partner
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 × 80 cm (14 in. × 31 1/2 in.) H x W (frame allowance): 38.1 × 82.6 cm (15 in. × 32 1/2 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, WilliWear Showroom, New York, NY; Designed by SITE; Drafted by James Wines (American, b. 1932); Made for WilliWear Ltd.; pen and ink on paper; H x W: 35.6 × 80 cm (14 in. × 31 1/2 in.) H x W (frame allowance): 38.1 × 82.6 cm (15 in. × 32 1/2 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Virginia Bayer, Paul Herzan, Adam Charlap Hyman, and Colleen Weis and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2022-34-5-1,2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Willi Smith: Street Couture.
