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
- Set of six ties
- Part of the project: SUITS: The Clothes Make the Man
Date1997–1998
PlaceHouston, Texas, United States
MediumPainted fabric
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Cecily E. Horton
Object number2001.78.8
Not on view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Pattern Language: Clothing as Communicator," Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Massachusetts, September 9–November 13, 2005; Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign,Illinois, January 20–April 9, 2006; University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, California, July 5–August 27, 2006; Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, October 14, 2006–January 7, 2007; Paul and Lulu Hilliard Museum, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisana, January–May 2007.
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