About this artwork
This coat’s design emphasizes the idea that what we wear expresses who we are and how we relate to the world. Walter Van Beirendonck combined a classic menswear silhouette with unexpected additions such as the hand-shaped zippered pocket.
Van Beirendonck is an original member of the Antwerp Six, an influential avant-garde fashion group, and continues to create designs with un- conventional details and graphic elements that comment on contemporary social issues such as gender and sexual identity.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Artist
- Walter Van Beirendonck
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Title
- Coat from the HAND ON HEART Collection, Autumn/Winter
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Date
- Made 2011–2012
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Medium
- Cotton, wool, and horn or plastic buttons
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Dimensions
- 102 × 61 cm (40 × 24 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of John Lavine and Meryl Lipton Lavine
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Reference Number
- 2019.1333
Extended information about this artwork
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