This guide lists resources for research in the American art to wear movement and complements the museum's 2019–2020 exhibition, Off the Wall: American Art to Wear. Delight in the astonishing inventiveness and techniques of a generation of mixed-media artists who pioneered a new art form designed around the body. Coming of age during the dramatic cultural shifts of the 1960s and 70s, the artists in this distinctively American movement explored nontraditional materials and methods to create adventurous, deeply imaginative works.
Disintegration of the Bauhaus. 1967
Ed Rossbach (American, 1914-2002)
Jute netting
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with funds contributed by The Women’s Committee and the Craft Show Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1998.
Maat's Collar.1990
K. Lee Manuel, (American, 1936 – 2003)
Painted feathers, braided cordPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Promised gift of The Julie Schafler Dale Collection.
Landscape Kimono: Winter, 1988
Nicki Hitz Edson (American, born 1941)
Wool machine
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Promised gift of The Julie Schafler Dale Collection
Oz Socks.1978
Susanna Lewis (American, active 1974 - 1980s)
Loom-knitted, appliqued, and crocheted wool, cotton, rayon, nylon, linen, and satin; beads; plastic heels
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Promised gift of The Julie Schafler Dale Collection
Overdone Jacket. 1973
Mario Rivoli (American, born 1943)
Found objects, silk, cotton
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Promised gift of The Julie Schafler Dale Collection
Grand Central Coat and Scarf. 2003
Linda Mendelson, (American, born 1940)
Wool crochet and wool machine knit
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Henry Benning Spencer
Combat Vest. circa 985
Sheila Perez Ghidini, (American, active 1980s)
Molded plastic figures on quilted plain weave
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Promised gift of The Julie Schafler Dale Collection
Preposition Jacket. 1989
JoEllen Trilling (American, active 20th century)
Tinted and ink drawings on cotton, other materials
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Promised gift of The Julie Schafler Dale Collection
Shawl. c. 1996
Randall Darwall
Silk and metalic yarns
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Anne d'Harnoncourt in honor of Mrs. Robert L. McNeil, Jr., 1997
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(American, (1949–1978) |
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(American, born Czechoslovakia, born 1944) |
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(American, 1948–1983) |
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Art to Wear by 
Off the Wall: American Art to Wear by 
