Edith Head and Grace Kelly To Catch A Thief, 1955

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Edith Head and Grace Kelly To Catch A Thief, 1955
A watercolour and pencil costume sketch of Grace Kelly as Frances Stevens in the Paramount film To Catch A Thief, 1955, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the sketch showing Grace Kelly in her controversial beach-wear ensemble worn while walking through the hotel lobby when Cary Grant, as John Robie, first catches a glimpse of her, the outfit shown in three different angles, signed in pencil by Edith Head and ink-stamped on the front and verso Paramount Pictures Corporation -- 20x15in. (51x38cm.), framed; accompanied by a black and white still from the set (2)

Literature

HAUGLAND, H. Kristing Grace Kelly Style, The Actress, Victoria & Albert Museum Catalogue, 2010, pp21-23

Lot Essay

Following on from the success of Edith Head and Grace Kelly working together on Rear Window the previous year, the duo were again able to combine creative influences. To Catch A Thief has been described as a ... visual delight... and Edith was rewarded with an Academy Award nomination for her contribution.
It was while Grace Kelly was on location in the French Riviera filming To Catch A Thief that she first met Prince Rainier of Monaco, the following year they married.

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