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WEARABLE ART
Centered Rhyme, a limited-edition 90x90cm silk twill scarf
features a design by the late American artist Elaine Lustig
Cohen (1927–2016) for Hermès of Paris, Inc .e design
is based on a large-scale 1967 painting by the artist. Elaine
Lustig Cohen was highly regarded as a graphic designer, artist,
and rare book dealer throughout her career, which spanned
over fifty years. In 1955, she began her design work in New
York by extending the idiom of European modernism into
an American context for her diverse clientele of publishers,
corporations, cultural institutions, and architects. Her first
client was the renowned architect Philip Johnson (1906-
2005) – creator of the celebrated Glass House (1949) in New
Canaan, Connecticut – who commissioned her to design the
lettering and signage for the iconic Seagram Building. e
two forged an important bond that resulted in a variety of
projects for the Glass House, Yale University, and Lincoln
Center, among others.
e project was made in collaboration with e Glass House,
a site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that in
alignment with Hermès values is dedicated to the promotion
of cultural and architectural preservation, artistry and
craftsmanship.
e limited-edition Hermès 90cm x 90cm silk twill design,
www.theglasshouse.org $395.00
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