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The intarsia-knit "skyscraper" motif of this sport suit linked the modernist aesthetic in art with a modernist "sportif" ideal of femininity.

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Vienna Knit Art, manufacturer
Austrian, Vienna
Sport Suit, ca. 1928
Wool; knit

Gift of L. J. Cella III
1990.129.63a,b

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