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Double Dresses

Caroline Broadhead, 2000

The work comprises of two tulle dresses and shadows drawn on the wall. Broadhead uses garments to express ideas about personal identity and to reveal the characteristic feelings or emotions that a person may seek to conceal. Purchased by the Art Fund with the assistance of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

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Title of artwork, date

Double Dresses, 2000

Date supported

2006

Medium and material

Tulle, pencil

Dimensions

Circa 110 x 110 cm

Grant

3800

Total cost

4500

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