Artist
The Art Guys (American)American
Artist
Jack Massing (American, born 1959)American, born 1959
Artist
Michael Galbreth (American, 1956–2019)American, 1956–2019
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Art of Dressing: SUITS Concept Drawing
- from SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man
Date1997–1998
MediumCollage
DimensionsImage: 10 1/8 × 7 3/16 in. (25.7 × 18.3 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (28.6 × 21.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 23 × 19 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (58.4 × 49.5 × 3.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 in. (28.6 × 21.9 cm)
Frame (outer): 23 × 19 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (58.4 × 49.5 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number2001.78.1
Not on view
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Prints and DrawingsObject Type
Exhibition History"The Art Guys' SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man," MFAH, Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Garden, October 18 - November 14, 2001.
"Agency: Art and Advertising," McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Ohio, September 12–November 8, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Stamped in red lower right recto sheet: "THE ART GUISE"
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