Gray halter neck, backless top with natural waist in front, draped back falling below derriere; with long black sash. Interior label of top: "YUKI LONDON" black stitching on white label "179" in blue ink.
Signed
"Yuki London" in black embroidered letters on white ground; "179" penciled in on label.
Provenance
By 2011, with Leslie Verrinder of TinTin Collectibles, London; 2011, purchased from Verrinder by Jean and Frederic Sharf; 2011, gift of the Sharfs to the MFA (Accession date: December 30, 2011)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Copyright
Copyright of Gnyuki Torimaru.
British, 1976
- Gnyuki Torimaru, Japanese, worked in England, born in 1937
Dimensions
Center back (Halter top): 99.1 cm (39 in.) Length x width (sash): 260.4 x 22.9 cm (102 1/2 x 9 in.)
Accession Number
2011.2294.1-2
Medium or Technique
Viscose