A white T-Shirt that has writing in black lettering on it. When read completely, it appears to be a poem. The poem covers the entire front of the shirt. As the reader/viewer makes their way to the bottom they will see a large pink label on the left side which covers part of the poem. The top of the label is in white lettering and it reads: Artist T-Shirt. There is lettering in black below the heading which is indistinguishable. There is also a white and black rectangular shape at the lower right hand corner of the pink label. The writing in the recatngular shape is indistinguishable as well.

Object Timeline

	We acquired this object.
1984	Work on this object began.
2020	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2024	You found it!

Wrapped T-shirt, An Elite Is Inevitable. . ., 1984

This is a Wrapped T-shirt. It was designed by Jenny Holzer and graphic design by Bill Bonnell and made for WilliWear Productions.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Laurie Mallet as part of Willi Smith: Street Couture.

It is dated 1984. Its medium is screenprint on cotton; offset lithograph on paper, plastic. It is a part of the department.

The T-shirts were shown in an event at the Ronald Feldman Gallery in the summer of 1984. Wrapped in cellophane and mounted like posters, the one-size-fits-all wearable artworks were priced at 37 dollars.

It is credited Courtesy of Laurie Mallet.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 76.2 × 48.3 cm (30 × 19 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Willi Smith: Street Couture.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/4wUtd4/
Accession Number 22.2019.1
Object ID 2318802535