American Women of Style: An Exhibition Organized by Diana Vreeland
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Softcover. 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. Good+ clean and tight but with bend to lower right corner (covers/pages). Art museum ex-lib. with usual marks. Item #158181
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!
OCLC: 2073148
Price: $20.00