Add this copy of American Women of Style: an Exhibition Organized By to cart. $21.00, good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Good+ clean and tight but with bend to lower right corner (covers/pages). Art museum ex-lib. with usual marks. Oblong, stapled, Kelly green wraps with black line drawing and white lettering. [36] pp. with 17 bw images. Folded paper sheet laid in listing the art and photographic enlargements in the exhibition and the music (44 pieces/songs) to accompany the exhibition. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 1975-September 1976. With an introduction by Stella Blum, Curator of The Costume Institute. The "women of style" include Elsie de Wolfe, Lady Mendl; Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson; Consuelo (Vanderbilt), Duchess of Marlborough; Mrs. John W. Garrett; Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; Isadora Duncan; Rita de Acosta Lydig; Irene Castle; Millicent Rogers; and Josephine Baker, with two bw photos and a full-page bio of each woman. The list of costumes in the exhibition is printed in the catalogue as well as on the separate sheet. True, trend-setting style!
Add this copy of American Women of Style an Exhibition Organized By to cart. $50.00, new condition, Sold by Carnegie Hill Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1975 by Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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New. Oblong octavo. [36] pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Paperback. Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; covers with no wear. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by Diana Vreeland for the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan. "This is not a dress show. This is an exhibition to project, through the beholder's imagination, a vision of ten American women of style." DV. The women are Elsie de Wolfe, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough, Mrs. John W. Garrett, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Isadora Duncan, Mercedes de Acosta, Irene Castle, Millicent Rogers, and Josephine Baker.