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Rainbow

Dress Fabric
1973 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress fabric of printed synthetic jersey. Printed with a design based on the title screen of a pinball machine or gambling machine depicting a nineteenth century gold-prospector on his donkey in the desert with a stream and a cactus, and holding a pan of earth in which a gold nugget has been discovered. A thought-bubble shows three skimpily-clad female pin-up figures above the prospector's head, while the donkey has a smaller thought bubble showing a female donkey. The scene is framed with a rainbow overhead and digital scores from 100 to 900 curving along the right hand side. The design is then mirror-imaged with all text appearing reversed, and arranged in vertical repeating rows.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRainbow (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Printed synthetic jersey
Brief description
Dress fabric 'Rainbow' of printed synthetic jersey, designed by Stephanie Huber, made by Ferrer y Sentis, Spain, 1973
Physical description
Dress fabric of printed synthetic jersey. Printed with a design based on the title screen of a pinball machine or gambling machine depicting a nineteenth century gold-prospector on his donkey in the desert with a stream and a cactus, and holding a pan of earth in which a gold nugget has been discovered. A thought-bubble shows three skimpily-clad female pin-up figures above the prospector's head, while the donkey has a smaller thought bubble showing a female donkey. The scene is framed with a rainbow overhead and digital scores from 100 to 900 curving along the right hand side. The design is then mirror-imaged with all text appearing reversed, and arranged in vertical repeating rows.
Dimensions
  • Width: 29in
  • Length: 58in
Measurements taken from original nominal file
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by the maker
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.301-1973

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Record createdJuly 9, 2007
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