Several Black Dresses Contributions

Some 50 black dresses from the various Spanish provinces that belonged to Eva Duarte de Peron, were exhibited at the Museum of Spanish Art, in this exhibition the event featured documentary material and historical tour of this exhibition, which first performed in 1947.

This is, for instance, a collection of costumes that the Spanish Government gave Evita in 1947 during the Franco dictatorship, and then to remain hidden and about to be expropriated, managed to survive the vicissitudes of the history of Argentina, and kept intact in the museum located a fancy spot of the city. In 1947, a time when that Francoism had an international repudiation: he was isolated and impoverished because of the boycott by the United Nations. But Argentina decides to challenge this decision by the UN and send food. On that Eve became the symbol of those ships loaded with wheat to go to Spain to aid them in this difficult time. Women would dress in black, thus the importance of black dresses.

And note that in this framework is that it was presented with the 50 regional costumes of Spain, and the tour of this exhibition is linked, since then, the history of our country. When Evita back in Spain that year, is the first exhibition at the National Museum of Decorative Arts where nearly 150,000 people attend. And note that in 1955, when the call has occurred Liberating Revolution, these black dresses, along with other belongings, are seized and end up in the Municipal Bank.

In 1966, their clothes are auctioned by the State, but the military government's intention is prevented by a group of intellectuals and artists. The next year, through an executive decree, these costumes are transferred to the Museum of Spanish Art Enrique Larreta, where they remain until today. However, the costumes were hidden in the basements of the museum until 1973, with the return of Peron to the country from exile in Spain. By then, Peron declined to expose the costumes again, because he felt that it was an opportune time, tells the historian.

After the coup of '76, the hidden costumes followed until 1985, after the arrival of democracy, at which are exhibited for the first time in our museum, almost 40 years after the first exhibition of the dresses in 1947. Look onto auctions details and interesting reasons linked to why women would simply prefer black dresses. You will be impressed on the surprising discoveries and debates. Many argue on the real reason but it is worth the research.