EDITH HEAD (1897-1981)
Original costume design for a daytime dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun. An original watercolor and pencil design depicting the white dress to be worn by Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun 1954, inscribed by Head in pencil "A Place in the Sun"/Elizabeth Taylor/1951 and signed Edith Head at lower left. The full sheet 16 3/4 x 14 inches (42 x 36 cm). Fine.

An effervescent costume design for Elizabeth Taylor's character in A Place in the Sun, for which Edith Head won Best Costume Design - Black-and-White at that year's Academy Awards.