Artwork Details
L: 35-1/4 in.
Accession NumberEmma Harter Sweetser Fund
CopyrightPurchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2004
The graphic artist Harry Gordon designed five different dresses that became known as Poster Dresses. Treating the surface of the dress as a canvas, Gordon used one large photographic blow-up to cover the entire surface of each dress.
Poster Dresses sold for $3 and were all the same cut, a sleeveless A-line shift with one Velcro closure on the left shoulder seam.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
The Viewing Project: The Pleasures of Uncertainty
Indianapolis Museum of Art
July 17, 2010 - March 13, 2011
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