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GREER LANKTON DIANA VREELAND DOLL

In 1992 Anna Sui purchased a life-sized doll in the likeness of famed fashion editor and costume curator Diana Vreeland (1903-1989) made by artist Greer Lankton (1958-1996). The doll had originally appeared in the window of Barney's department store. The doll then lived in Anna's Chelsea apartment where she periodically changed Diana's outfits to suit her whims. In 1995, other works of Lankton were featured in the prestigious Biennial of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Around that time Anna had started to plan her move to a new apartment and felt Mrs. Vreeland would be happier and better cared for if she were donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art where the real Mrs. Vreeland had spent 17 illustrious years as the maverick curator of their costume collection.

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