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Joyce J. Scott

Untitled (Embroidered Party Dress Ensemble)

1981

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Joyce J. Scott

Untitled (Embroidered Party Dress Ensemble)

1981

Physical Qualities Synthetic fabric and threads, shell, metalic threads, beads, Gown, flat: 57 1/4 × 19 in. (145.4 × 48.3 cm.) Collared Top, flat: 41 1/4 × 20 1/4 in. (104.8 × 51.4 cm.) Belt, flat: 44 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (112.4 × 11.7 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Leslie King Hammond, Baltimore
Object Number 2023.125
Three-piece belted gown commissioned by Leslie King Hammond for the opening of Ritual and Myth: A Survey of African American Art at The Studio Museum in Harlem; Dr. King-Hammond curated this exhibition, which included work by Joyce J. Scott and Elizabeth Talford Scott.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2023; Leslie King Hammond, Baltimore

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Joyce J. Scott

1947–2000

born Baltimore, MD 1948
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