Rare vintage Smithsonian Institute 100% silk wearable art scarf with a colorful license plate print on navy blue background.

Scarf is handrolled oblong measuring 52" x 11"

Print is based on Mike Wilkins 1987 art piece in National Museum of American Art (see below)

Scarf dated 2000.

Clean, no holes, tears or damage of any kind.  Suitable for framing as well as wearing!

Artist

Mike Wilkins, born Durham, NC 1959

Publication Label

In a show of American ingenuity, Mike Wilkins utilized a collection of vanity license plates to phonetically spell out the preamble to the US Constitution in abbreviated script. All fifty states and the District of Columbia are represented in alphabetical order. Though the plates rarely make sense on their own, together they re-create one of the greatest documents in American history. This work represents the meaning of the phrase "the United States" with a fun twist.  1987