Sublimation Cut & Sew Dress. "Ia Orana Maria" (Hail Mary), 1891. Paul Gauguin
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Make a statement and look fabulous in this all-over printed, fitted dress.
• 82% polyester, 18% spandex
• Fabric weight: 6.78 oz/yd² (230 g/m²), weight may vary by 5%
• Made with smooth, comfortable microfiber yarn
• Material has a four-way stretch
• Blank product components sourced from China
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary). 1891. Paul Gauguin. French
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 825
Before embarking on a series of pictures inspired by Polynesian religious beliefs, Gauguin devoted this, his first major Tahitian canvas, to a Christian theme, describing it in a letter of March 1892: "An angel with yellow wings reveals Mary and Jesus, both Tahitians, to two Tahitian women, nudes dressed in pareus, a sort of cotton cloth printed with flowers that can be draped from the waist. Very somber, mountainous background and flowering trees . . . a dark violet path and an emerald green foreground, with bananas on the left. I'm rather happy with it." Gauguin based much of the composition on a photograph he owned of a bas-relief in the Javanese temple of Borobudur."