1 - Vitín Cortezo - Female costume sketch for the film *Música de ayer* - Handwritten inscription by the artist, in pencil, in the upper right corner: "*Música de Ayer* - / Laura - / Travel outfit - / (honeymoon trip-)". Signed and dated 1958 in the lower right corner. Black pencil, watercolor, and black ballpoint pen on agarbanzado paper. Dimensions: 345 x 234 mm.

Vitín Cortezo - Female costume sketch for the film *Música de ayer* - Handwritten inscription by the artist, in pencil, in the upper right corner: "*Música de Ayer* - / Laura - / Travel outfit - / (honeymoon trip-)". Signed and dated 1958 in the lower right corner. Black pencil, watercolor, and black ballpoint pen on agarbanzado paper. Dimensions: 345 x 234 mm. Costume sketch for a female character, possibly related to the Spanish film *Música de Ayer*, released in 1958 and directed by Juan de Orduña, produced by Producciones Orduña Films, in which Ana María Olaria plays the lead role of Laura Gayán. Vitín Cortezo (or Víctor María Cortezo, Madrid, 1908–1978) was one of the multifaceted artists specializing in the design and composition of costume sketches, and a prominent set designer on the Spanish theater scene during the second and third quarters of the 20th century. His artistic output following the Spanish postwar period of that century—combined with his love of drawing, painting, and fashion design, as well as his remarkable personality—led him to become a true icon of modernity in the stifling Francoist society, in addition to his status as a homosexual and anti-fascist, not to mention his affluent family background in the field of medicine. We would like to thank Ms. Laura Flores Camarero, from the Documentation Department of the Museo del Traje—Center for Research on Ethnological Heritage in Madrid—for her invaluable assistance in identifying the creator of this collection.