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[4-panel piece, handmade paper on silk]

Description: The artwork consists of four panels each turned on point. A grid ladder pattern turned in various directions appears in each panel. The colors are warm reddish browns and light blues. Other rectangular and triangular outlined shapes appear scattered across the panels.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

Storm, NYC Rooftop

Description: Long multi-colored pieces are arranged on a rooftop in an urban setting. The pieces are arranged both in organic lines as well as straight lines filling the rooftop area. Some pieces partially move above the base and some appear suspended in space.
Date: 1981
Creator: Falsetta, Vincent

Sunset View from My Window

Description: The horizontally oriented work of art consists of three vertical panels. Each panel depicts space through a series of gradated horizontally running lines and stripes. Moving from the foreground to the background are white ribbon shapes.
Date: 1981~
Creator: Spear, Shigeko

Elvis / Blue Boy Still Life

Description: This large, mostly black and white painting, depicts a scene of a bar fight from one of Elvis Presley's movies and a reproduction of the famous painting, Blue Boy, by Thomas Gainsborough is superimposed. In front of the painting is a wooden table holding an apple, a pear and a pitcher, not unlike a Paul Cezanne still life.
Date: 1981
Creator: Blackburn, Ed, 1940-2022

Evening dress

Description: Black velvet evening gown with blue sleeves. Draped black velvet bodice with deep square neckline. Modified leg-of-mutton sleeves in electric blue satin with black velvet iris appliques. The appliques are accented with sequins and bugle beads. Zipper closures at the wrists. Ceneterback zipper closure with a hook&eye at the neckline. Waistseam with fitted. floor-length. black velvet skirt. Horizontal. black velvet hip swag that finishes with a fishtail cascade down the centerback seam of the ski… more
Date: 1981/1982
Creator: Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927-2018
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Envelope for Vogue Pattern #1284

Description: Vogue American Designer Pattern #1284 by Adri to make a straight dress with convertible collar, dropped shoulder, hemline vent, and sleeve variations, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1981/1983
Creator: Adri
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Envelope for McCall's Pattern #7529

Description: McCall's Pattern #7529 by Jones New York to make an ensemble with jacket with notched collar and patch pockets, shirt with convertible collar and shoulder pads, slightly flared skirt, and straight-legged trousers with pleats, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1981
Creator: Jones New York
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Envelope for McCall's Pattern #7692

Description: McCall's Pattern #7692 to make a misses' blouse with front wrap, stand collar with optional tie, pleated capped long sleeves, and optional neck ruffle and flared skirt with side seam pockets, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1981
Creator: McCall's Pattern Company
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Envelope for McCall's Pattern #7642

Description: McCall's Cut-to-Fit Pattern #7642 to make misses' jumpers with square or v-necklines, extended shoulders, a-line silhouette, and optional tie belt of self, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1981
Creator: McCall's Pattern Company
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Envelope for Simplicity Pattern #5193

Description: Simplicity Pattern #5193 by Adolfo to make a slim mock-wrap skirt with contrast trim, cardigan-style jacket with long set-in sleeves, blouse with attached ascot, and clutch envelope-style bag, including illustrations of the finished pieces and information about sizing and construction on the back.
Date: 1981
Creator: Simplicity Pattern Company

Birth of Painting

Description: Mixed media near abstract composition of black and white. Black and white loosely rendered brush stokes onto of a photograph at the bottom of the composition.
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Date: 1981~
Creator: Kiefer, Anselm

Evening Jacket

Description: Evening jacket of black silk with sequin decoration. Hip length jacket with long sleeves. High, rounded collar with two hook-and-eyes just below throat, and center front opening with 9 hidden snaps and two hook-and-eyes. Neckline, cuffs, hem, and cf opening heavily beaded/sequined in gold and copper with small Paisley forms in green and blue/gray chain stitch embroidery. Body of jacket decorated in large blocks of overlapping sequins in iridescent purple, iridescent dark green, and black seq… more
Date: 1981/1989
Creator: Khan, Naeem

Pregnant

Description: Pieces of what resembles a pregnant body are strewn on the floor.
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Date: 1981/1982
Creator: Abakanowicz, Magdalena

Smelter Shelter

Description: The artwork consists of five upright copper color poles around which twist decorated rolling pin shapes affixed to the uprights with pipes the same color as the uprights. The rolling pin shapes are covered with patterns and shapes of bright yellow, orange and black.
Date: 1981
Creator: Milnes, Robert
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