Created for and exhibted in "The Origin of Failure, 2020," a 2019 gallery show in New York featuring clothing and art by the designer Graham Baldwin, through the firm Graham Tyler.
Content: Text on garment label: "Graham Tyler (b. 2018) / The Origin of Failure, 2020 / Post-Digital Objects / A love letter to the Pforzheimer Collection, A haven filled with romantics, SS2020."
Content: With embroidered designs in the shape of Mary Shelley's handwriting, taken directly from her copy of Percy Bysshe Shelley's letter to her dated August 23-24, 1818. The letter copy is held by The New York Public Library's Pforzheimer Collection: Pforz Ms (PBS 0108).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 garment : cotton voile with cotton embroidery ; 80 x 48 cm