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Coat hangers

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“No! Wire! Hangers … ever!” The now famous line from 1981 kitsch classic Mommie Dearest depicted coat hangers as the bane of Joan Crawford&#..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Clotheslines

Australia, 1981
Similarity: 70%

Pegged in

Australia, 1991
Similarity: 66%

Mommie dearest

United States, 1981
Similarity: 65%

Simply making jewellery

United States, 1977
Similarity: 63%

Pegged in

1991
Similarity: 62%

Judy & Punch clips of costumes

Australia, 2018
Similarity: 62%

Joan

Australia, 1974
Similarity: 62%

Speaking object-ly

Canada, 1986
Similarity: 62%

Inventors of thingumajigs

Canada, 1976
Similarity: 62%

Judy & Punch costume sketch

Similarity: 62%

Looking through drawers

Australia, SEP 2008
Similarity: 61%

CURIOUS

Australia, 2020
Similarity: 61%

Tools of the Trade

Similarity: 61%

My wardrobe door

Victoria, Australia, 2006
Similarity: 61%

Prisoner costumes

Similarity: 61%

Judy (Mia Wasikowski) costume

Australia, 2019
Similarity: 61%

Judy (Mia Wasikowski) bloodied costume

Australia, 2019
Similarity: 61%

A Curtain yarn

Australia, 2005
Similarity: 61%
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