THE WORKS ON DISPLAY

ROBERTO CAPUCCI Sculpture-Dresses

1. Sculpture-dress beige satin ‘doric column’ shape with belt of leaves
First exhibited: Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1978

2. Ventaglio [Fan]. Sculpture-dress in red sauvage with fan-shaped insets in the sides
First exhibited: Palazzo Barberini, Rome, 1980

3. Sculpture-dress in red velvet panels with semi-circle in gazaar yellow, orange and fuchsia
First exhibited: Palazzo Visconti, Milan, 1982

4. Sculpture-dress green plissé taffetas matelassé style fuchsia and red cups
First exhibited: Palazzo Visconti, Milan, 1982

5. Sculpture white organdie wedding dress sleeves cup effect yellow organdie elements on the train and in the bow
First exhibited: Marchesa Valentina Marini Clarelli Donation, 1982

6. La donna gioiello [Woman jewel]. Black red and white taffetas, mask in red fibreglass, red white and black headcap, red and white brass enamel strings.
Costume by Roberto Capucci for the Venice Carneval
Kindly donated by the artist to the Fortuny Museum, February 1984

7. Sculpture-dress black taffeta, cape style sleeves lined with green taffetas and centre mask front
First exhibited: Italian Embassy, Paris, 1984

8. Sculpture-dress in black and white gazaar with tubular effect bolero
First exhibited: Army National Guard Armory, New York, 1985

9. Fuoco [Fire]. Sculpture-dress in sauvage plissé various tones of superimposed red volumes
First exhibited: Army National Guard Armory, New York, 1985

10. Sculpture dress black taffeta with multicoloured blades
First exhibited: Army National Guard Armory, New York, 1985

11. Orchidea [Orchid]. Sculpture-dress in black taffeta plissé with white borders. The volume in front gives the effect of the tropical flower
First exhibited: Museum of Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 1987

12. Sculpture-dress iridescent plissé taffetas ‘box line’ style
First exhibited: Museum of Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 1987

13. Angelo Barocco [Baroque Angel]. Sculpture-dress gold lamé plissé with winged-effect on the back
First exhibited: Museum of Palazzo Venezia, Rome, 1987

14. Sculpture-dress yellow plissé taffetas ‘box line’ fuchsia spirals
First exhibited: National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1989

15. Sculpture-dress in taffeta plissé in shades of orange with half circles
First exhibited: National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1989

16. Crete [Clay]. Sculpture-dress in sarcenet taffeta. Plissé cup effect with train
First exhibited: National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1989

17. Crete [Clay]. Sculpture-dress in sarcenet clay-coloured taffeta. Largebow on back
First exhibited: National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1989

18. Sculpture-dress golden beige charmeuse plissé bodice Corinthian style capital
First exhibited: National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1989

19. Sculpture-dress ‘Box Line’ lamé gold and silver pleats with baroque curls on the hips
First exhibited: National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, 1989

20. Sculpture-dress yellow plissé overlapping multicoloured taffetas
First exhibited: Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1992

21. Sculpture-dress taffetas plissé multicoloured overlapping ‘pagoda’effect’
First exhibited: Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1992

22. Sculpture-dress cornflower blue taffeta train with multicoloured stripes
First exhibited: Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1992

23. Sculpture-dress pink taffetas with multicoloured inset on the hips ‘Box line’
First exhibited: Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1992

24. Sculpture wedding dress inspired by Tiepolo: a bride in yellow sarcenet taffeta, with deep pink and green train
First exhibited: Schauspielhaus, Berlin, 1992

25. Spire [Spires]. Sculpture dress black velvet with spiral multicoloured plissè element and black inset
on breast
First exhibited: Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation, Florence, 2007

26. Crepe. Sculpture-dress fuchsia taffetas ‘box line’ lined with orange taffetas
First exhibited: Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation, Florence, 2007

27. Onda [Wave]. Sculpture-dress smokey green mikado ‘wave line’ effect, multicoloured red Mikado
lining
First exhibited: Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation, Florence, 2007

28. Foglie [Leaves]. Sculpture-dress brown velvet with satin cones on the sides and ramage of
multicoloured leaves
First exhibited: Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation, Florence, 2007

29. Linee [Lines]. Sculpture-dress taffeta with small fuchsia and multicoloured pleats with ‘pagoda’ train
effect
First exhibited: Museum of the Roberto Capucci Foundation, Florence, 2007

30. Sculpture wedding-dress two shades of Mikado red, embroidered bodice
First exhibited: Fortuny Palace, Venice, 2009
Fabric donated by Corsil Tessitura Serica, Montorfano (Como).