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Lot 181
Sale 702 - Property from the Geoffrey Beene Archive: Clothes that Care
Nov 20, 2019
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,875
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Lot Description
Three Geoffrey Beene Evening Dresses, Fall 1990
The second and third dress are featured in the illustrations by Alber Elbaz available in Lot 182.
A duplicate of this dress was donated by Geoffrey Beene to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2001. The accession number for that dress is 2001.393.99.
The First: Black jersey dress with quilted gunmetal gray satin yoke and bodice.
Label: Geoffrey Beene
Inventory No.: 1467
The Second: Black jersey dress with multi-hued abstract floral printed wrap belt.
Label: Geoffrey Beene
Inventory No.: 1424
The Third: Black jersey with quilted silver lamé back bodice evening dress.
Label: Geoffrey Beene
Inventory No.: 1423
The First:
Approximate Flat Measurements Across Front:
Chest: 13"
Waist: 12.5"
Hip: 19"
Length (underarm to hem): 47"
The Second:
Approximate Flat Measurements Across Front:
Chest: 14.5"
Waist: 12"
Shoulders: 15"
Hip: 17"
Length (underarm to hem): 49"
Sleeve (shoulder to cuff): 27 "
The Third:
Approximate Flat Measurements Across Front:
Chest: 15"
Waist: 12"
Hip: 17"
Length (underarm to hem): 51"