Jun 20, 2024 10:00 EST
Stage & Screen
Costume sketch for the Judy Garland Show
Estate / Collection: The Collection of EJ Gonzalez
EDITH HEAD
Original costume design for a dress and shawl for Judy Garland in the Judy Garland Show, 1963. Sketch in pencil, crayon and watercolor on paper depicting Judy Garland in a high collared dark gray dress decorated with black and white dots holding a black shawl, for the The Judy Garland Show. Inscribed by Head with "Garland" in crayon in upper left corner and "no display" in pencil on verso. 17 x 14 inches (43 x 35.5 cm); framed. Faint creasing from handling, barely visible horizontal central fold, closed puncture with no loss to paper and tape repair to verso in upper left, one corner softenend.
Despite achieving overwhelming success during her career as a movie actress, beginning in 1938 with her star-making role in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland had by the 1960s found herself in difficult financial straits. In 1961, Garland resolved her contract disputes with CBS and signed on for The Judy Garland Show, a weekly musical variety television series, seeing it as her best chance to secure her finances. The show premiered in 1963 and was well-received, but it had numerous production difficulties and suffered from poor ratings. It ran for twenty-six episodes, with CBS cancelling the program after its first season. Edith Head was Garland's costume designer on the first episode filmed for the show (which aired as episode #10), and she produced a number or elegant dress designs for Garland. After Head's involvement, Bob Mackie and Ray Aghayan each worked on the show as Garland's costume designer.
$3,000 - $5,000
Estate / Collection: The Collection of EJ Gonzalez
EDITH HEAD
Original costume design for a dress and shawl for Judy Garland in the Judy Garland Show, 1963. Sketch in pencil, crayon and watercolor on paper depicting Judy Garland in a high collared dark gray dress decorated with black and white dots holding a black shawl, for the The Judy Garland Show. Inscribed by Head with "Garland" in crayon in upper left corner and "no display" in pencil on verso. 17 x 14 inches (43 x 35.5 cm); framed. Faint creasing from handling, barely visible horizontal central fold, closed puncture with no loss to paper and tape repair to verso in upper left, one corner softenend.
Despite achieving overwhelming success during her career as a movie actress, beginning in 1938 with her star-making role in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland had by the 1960s found herself in difficult financial straits. In 1961, Garland resolved her contract disputes with CBS and signed on for The Judy Garland Show, a weekly musical variety television series, seeing it as her best chance to secure her finances. The show premiered in 1963 and was well-received, but it had numerous production difficulties and suffered from poor ratings. It ran for twenty-six episodes, with CBS cancelling the program after its first season. Edith Head was Garland's costume designer on the first episode filmed for the show (which aired as episode #10), and she produced a number or elegant dress designs for Garland. After Head's involvement, Bob Mackie and Ray Aghayan each worked on the show as Garland's costume designer.
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Auction: Stage & Screen, Jun 20, 2024
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Popular Stage & Screen Auction on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 10am
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Memorabilia, Autographs, Artwork & Photographs of the Theater, Hollywood, Music and Dance
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle is pleased to announce the next Stage & Screen auction on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 10am. Fans and collectors around the world will be delighted by the exciting offerings celebrating the performing arts of Film, Theater, Music and Dance.
Highlights include:
- Original Edith Head costume sketches for Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn,Judy Garland and Liza Minelli
- Original works and rare books by Al Hirschfeld
- Items from the collection of Over the Rainbow composer Harold Arlen
- A signed Louis Armstrong concert program and Harlem Renaissance books from the Rotondaro Collection
- A typed letter signed from Porgy and Bess composer George Gershwin
- Letters and photographs signed by Puccini, Verdi and Wagner
- Printed scores by Haydn and Beethoven
Recognizing the importance of the performing arts to the fabric of New York, Doyle is proud to donate 10% of our profit from this auction to the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Visit EntertainmentCommunity.org
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Memorabilia: Peter Costanzo, 212-427-4141, ext 248, Peter.Costanzo@Doyle.com
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