The World of Balenciaga
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. Softcover. Blue paper wraps. 77 pp. Numerous bw plates. Good. front cover detaching from spine; about half-way separated. edge-wear to covers & spine; covers scuffed. Item #33344
Remarkably, a tightly bound copy. Pages clean and bright with errata slip laid-in to page 48. Text is in Spanish and English. Issued in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition of work by Spanish Basque fashion designer Cristobal Balenciaga (1895-1972). With opening comments by Thomas Hoving, Diana Vreeland, Father Pieplu, Gloria Guinness, and Pauline de Rothschild. Features Balenciaga's stunning collections often worn by royalty. The exhibition checklist cites 219 pieces, and a fair number were selected for inclusion here. Scarce.
OCLC: 221974347
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