Art Info

Sound Sculpture Robe,
Francois and Bernard Baschet, 1966

Materials: Folded Aluminium

Dimensions: 31.4 x 27.5 x 64.5 inches, 80 x 70 x 164 cm

Brothers Francois and Bernard Baschet are the famous originators of the Sound Sculpture and many other innovative musical instruments. Combining their two practices, Francois is a sculptor, Bernard is an engineer, the brothers created this aluminium Sound-Sculpture Robe for William Klein's 1966 film Qui Êtes-Vous, Polly Maggoo? which was a satire on the contemporary fashion industry. Fashioned out of sheets of folded aluminium, the robe is at once haute-couture and 'body instrument', whose music is 'playable' through movement.

£15,000