Necktie
This tie represents a quintessential Optical Art design with flat black and white forms manipulated to appear three dimensional. Optical Art originated with the Bauhaus in 1919 but saw resurgence in the mid-1960s and disseminated throughout the following decades. A. Sulka & Company's use of this style of art is indicative of its popularity.
Artwork Details
- Title: Necktie
- Manufacturer: A. Sulka & Company (French, 1893–2002)
- Date: ca. 1978
- Culture: American
- Medium: silk
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Milton F. Rosenthal, 1985
- Object Number: 2009.300.2215
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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