Lot 323: An original costume design for Claire Trevor in Lucy Gallant

[COSTUME DESIGN]

EDITH HEAD. Original costume design for a dress worn by Claire Trevor in Lucy Gallant. Design for Paramount Pictures, circa 1955. Pencil and gouache sketch on paper. Unsigned, with notation "Lucy Gallant" to the left of the figure. The sheet measures 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (42.5 x 35.25 cm). Light rippling from watercolor and handling, faint dampstaining along bottom edge, two small losses along top edge, pinholes at upper right and left corners.

An original Edith Head costume design for a long black gown and white gloves worn by Claire Trevor in the 1955 film Lucy Gallant. Trevor played the stylish madame, Lady "Mac" Beth, in this drama set in a small Texas oil boom town where the fashionable world of dress-designing meets a plush bordello. The film was a veritable showcase for Head's costume designs. It not only features an on-screen fashion show, but exact replicas of the dresses in the film were available for purchase at local department stores.