Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010

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David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2009–June 2010


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Woman's evening dress

1972–76
Designed by Roy Halston Frowick, known as Halston
Center back: 134.6 cm (53 in.)
Synthetic (?) knit

Classification: Costumes

Culture: American

Object Place: New York, New York, United States

Accession number: 2010.319

Description: Long black draped one shoulder wrap dress with tie at left hip. Two interior labels, at center front, "FRONT" and at center back "HALSTON."

Provenance/Ownership History: 1970s, comissioned by Baroness Mimi Landau, Switzerland, New York, and Palm Beach, FL directly from Halston's salon in New York City. March 2010, purchased by Frederic A. Sharf, Brookline, MA and Palm Beach from Palm Beach Vintage at Donovan & Gray, West Palm Beach; gift of Sharf and his wife Jean to the MFA (Accession date: April 14, 2010)

Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf