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Jean Paul Gaultier Jesus Print Dress
Jean Paul Gaultier Jesus Print Dress
- Collection ID
- TXT.000261
- Type
- Textile
- Date
- 1998
- Geography
- France
- Language
- N/A
- Medium
- Spandex
- Dimensions
- 27 × 19 in. (68.6 × 48.3 cm)
- Exhibit Location
- On View in The Impact of the Bible, Bible in the World
This dress is from Gaultier’s 1998 Ready-to-Wear spring/summer collection, inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The print is a pastiche of images from biblical art, including what appears to be the head of a “Man of Sorrows”—Jesus in mourning. The biblical imagery in this collection complements Kahlo’s expressions of pain and the accompanying crowns of thorns worn by the models in her 1940 “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace.”
This dress is from Gaultier’s 1998 Ready-to-Wear spring/summer collection, inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The print is a pastiche of images from biblical art, including what appears to be the head of a “Man of Sorrows”—Jesus in mourning. The biblical imagery in this collection complements Kahlo’s expressions of pain and the accompanying crowns of thorns worn by the models in her 1940 “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace.”
Created in 1998 by Jean Paul Gaultier, France.[1] Purchased online in 2019 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.[2]
Notes: [1] 1998 Ready-to-Wear spring/summer collection. [2] Purchased from Ebay.
Created in 1998 by Jean Paul Gaultier, France.[1] Purchased online in 2019 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.[2]
Notes: [1] 1998 Ready-to-Wear spring/summer collection. [2] Purchased from Ebay.
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