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Woman's swimsuit

(Canadian (worked in the United States))
early 1950s
Medium/TechniqueAcetate, cotton, and rubber
DimensionsCenter back: 50.8 cm (20 in.)
Credit LineGift of Stewart Shillito Maxwell, Jr. in memory of his mother Marilyn M. Maxwell
Accession number2005.1270
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceGift from Marilyn M. Maxwell (donor's mother) December 25, 1987; 2005 Gift to MFA, January 25, 2006.
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