Gorgeous hand-painted New Power Generation fabric, 38 x 44, featuring a brilliant ‘pop art’ design of vibrant color and sundry images of NPG band members. Resembling that of a scarf or perhaps tapestry, the fabric, wich was created by an unknown studio commissioned by the PRN wardrobe department, was used for multiple Prince and Mayte outfits; notably for Prince’s outfit for the TOTP 1994 on the BBC Channel, and for Mayte’s outfit in the ‘Race’ video clip from the video for ‘The Beautiful Experience.’ The final result proved so impressive that Prince kept the fabric for himself and his then-girlfriend and future wife, Mayte Garcia, the fabric’s most prominent and beautiful subject. Included with the fabric are five original color glossy candid photos of the studio members hard at work creating the fabric, which, at full length, stretched across several tabletops. The photos are dated to March and April of 1993, indicating that the fabric took several weeks for the artists to complete, an unsurprising notion given the intricate and eye-popping artwork. In fine condition. At a period of time when digital printing did not exist, this fabric was an amazing achievement in terms of ‘printed/painted’ fashion design.
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