119 - EDITH HEAD

EDITH HEAD The famous "Hollywood costume designer," accompanied by Zsa Zsa Gabor and Walter Plunkett, wearing black sunglasses and holding an Oscar, during the presentation of the Academy Award for Costume Design for George Stevens’ film "A Place in the Sun," 1951. Photograph, vintage silver print, inscribed on the back. 25.3 x 20 cm. A tear at one corner tip. Note: A leading figure in Hollywood costume design, Edith Head poses here with her Oscar for *A Place in the Sun*, alongside Zsa Zsa Gabor and Walter Plunkett. An iconic image of the woman who, through her costumes, shaped the look of many stars of the Golden Age of American cinema.