Dress
Akris
(Swiss, founded in 1922)
Albert Kriemler
(Swiss, born in 1960)
Carmen Herrera
(Cuban, 1915 – 2022)
Spring/Summer 2017
Medium/TechniqueSilk
DimensionsCenter back: 161.3 cm (63 1/2 in.)
Center front: 154.9 cm (61 in.)
Costume: 33 1/4 × 33 1/2 × 37 in. (84.5 × 85.1 × 94 cm)
Center front: 154.9 cm (61 in.)
Costume: 33 1/4 × 33 1/2 × 37 in. (84.5 × 85.1 × 94 cm)
Credit LineGift of Akris
Accession number2017.4634
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Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhen Albert Kriemer, Creative Director for the Swiss fashion brand Akris, saw an exhibition of Carmen Herrera’s Blanco y Verde paintings at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art in 2015, he was overwhelmed by “her sense of color and proportion, a blend of euphoria and perfect order.” He sought out the then 100-year-old artist and proposed using her work as inspiration for his next clothing collection, which was released in 2017. An example of Herrera's Blanco y Verde series is in the MFA collection: 2014.1009.
Provenance2017, sample designed by Albert Kriemler for Akris, St. Gallen, Switzerland; 2017, gift of Akris, New York to the MFA . (Accession date: December 14, 2017)
