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Lot 227

CASTELBAJAC HOMMAGES COLLECTION NAPOLEAN DRESS, 1983

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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$0 $25
$500 $50
$2,000 $100
$5,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$40,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000
$1,000,000 $25,000
Long sleeved silk ponge dress w/ front panel hand painted portrait of Napoléon Bonaparte in shades of grey by Israeli artist Eliakim wrapping from front, attached at SHs & SSs & continuing into floating panels at back sides, from Hommages Collection, label "Jean Charles Castelbajac, Ko and Co, Made in France", B 42", L 55", (tide marks around hem & at lap, scattered tiny-0.75" stains, right SH seam pulling) very good. Exhibited in Troyes, Musée d'Art Moderne, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac pour le Musée d'Art Moderne de Troyes, May-July, 1985 & Vienne, MAK Wien, Anti-körper, May-July, 1988.