Dec 16, 2021 - Sale 2592

Sale 2592 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 812
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
EDITH HEAD (1907-1981)
"Julie Andrews." Costume sketch for unknown production. Graphite and watercolor on paper. 355x260 mm; 13 3/4x10 1/4 inches, on 15x11-inch sheet. Unsigned, but with notes in Head's hand at upper right image and at left center.

Edith Head received thirty-five Oscar nominations and won eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design, making her the most honored costume designer and woman in Academy Award history to date. Her award-winning designs appeared in the films The Heiress (1950), Samson and Delilah (1951), All About Eve (1951), A Place in the Sun (1952), Roman Holiday (1954), Sabrina (1955), The Facts of Life (1961), and The Sting (1974).