Provenance
1964 - 2015
Estate of William Claxton, American, 1927 - 2008 (Los Angeles. California), sold through Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2015.
Not currently on view
Peggy Moffitt in Rudi Gernreich, Topless Swimsuit
William Claxton (American, 1927 - 2008)
American
Los Angeles, California, United States (Place Created)
1964
Gelatin silver print
2015.24.1
35.2 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
© The William Claxton Estate
A dark haired woman, Peggy Moffitt, posing in a topless bathing suit designed by Los Angeles-based designer Rudi Gernreich.
Estate of William Claxton, American, 1927 - 2008 (Los Angeles. California), sold through Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2015.
Walls, Jeannette. “High Fashion’s Lowest Neckline.” New York Magazine (January 14, 1991), p. 21.
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Barron, Stephanie, Sherie Bernstein, and Ilene Fort. Made in California: Art, Image and Identity, 1900-2000, exh. cat. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000), p. 219.
Felderer, Brigitte. Rudi Gernreich: Fashion Will Go Out of Fashion, exh. cat. (Cologne: DuMont, 2000), p. 59.
Shteir, Rachel. Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 318.