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Issey Miyake Bodyworks. Fashion Without Taboos

Poster
1985 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster advertising an exhibition at the Boilerhouse, Victoria and Albert Museum. The poster is composed of a black and white photograph depicting a white woman and black man in a modern dance pose. The woman wears a black dress and the man is naked. Lettering is in red and black. The reverse of the poster is printed with fashion photographs and text.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleIssey Miyake Bodyworks. Fashion Without Taboos (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour offset lithograph
Brief description
Issey Miyake, Bodyworks, Boilerhouse Exhibition Poster (Photograph by Gilles Tapie), 1985
Physical description
Poster advertising an exhibition at the Boilerhouse, Victoria and Albert Museum. The poster is composed of a black and white photograph depicting a white woman and black man in a modern dance pose. The woman wears a black dress and the man is naked. Lettering is in red and black. The reverse of the poster is printed with fashion photographs and text.
Dimensions
  • Height: 75.5cm
  • Width: 50.5cm
Credit line
Given by the Photography Studio, Victoria and Albert Museum
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
E.520-1998

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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