dress (Nostalgia of Mud Collection)

Sale (Kerry Taylor Auctions, London) on 17 March 2011, lot no. 225; purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 2011 (TR11244/5).

Object Information

designer: Vivienne Westwood (English, 1941-2022)
designer: Malcolm McLaren (English, 1946-2010)
creation date: Fall/Winter 1982-1983
materials: cotton
dimensions: L: 127-1/8 in.
W: 41 in. (shoulders)
mark descriptions: Label: worlds end, mclaren, westwood, BORN IN ENGLAND (around an arm and sword motif in yellow on a burgundy ground)
Label: 100% COTTON. Made in England
Label, paper adhered: BBC, 8L1040, LD, 12 1986
Label, printed: derived from Henri Matisse's 'Femmes et Singes' series of lithographs, 1905-1907; Henri Matisse, French (1869-1954)