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Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design
Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982). "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design.

Costume design from the prolific costume designer and Academy Award winner who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry, including King Kong and Gone With the Wind. This drawing was almost certainly made for Duel in the Sun for Jennifer Jones, who wears a similar costume in the film (although the baby being held here remains a bit of a mystery). Window measures 11 x 9 inches (28 x 23 cm) matted to an overall size of 16 x 14 inches (41 x 36 cm). 

Duel in the Sun is a 1946 American epic psychological Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, and starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, and Lionel Barrymore. Based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Niven Busch, it follows a young orphaned Mestiza woman who experiences prejudice and forbidden love, while residing with her white relatives on a large Texas ranch.

Sometimes designs were altered from sketch to screen, or were made for a scene cut from the film and indeed we have not located this precise costume in the final film. But unlike many of the signed watercolor costume designs which Plunkett made in the 1970s for exhibition, and which were based on his earlier final designs, the present design is a much rarer working costume design made at the time of the original film.

We are very grateful to Christian Esquevin (historian of Hollywood costume design history and author of Designing Hollywood: Studio Wardrobe in the Golden Age) for his assistance in the cataloging of this item. 

Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982) "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design

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Plunkett, Walter.(1902–1982). "Duel in the Sun" - Original Costume Design.

Costume design from the prolific costume designer and Academy Award winner who worked on more than 150 projects throughout his career in the Hollywood film industry, including King Kong and Gone With the Wind. This drawing was almost certainly made for Duel in the Sun for Jennifer Jones, who wears a similar costume in the film (although the baby being held here remains a bit of a mystery). Window measures 11 x 9 inches (28 x 23 cm) matted to an overall size of 16 x 14 inches (41 x 36 cm). 

Duel in the Sun is a 1946 American epic psychological Western film directed by King Vidor, produced and written by David O. Selznick, and starring Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lillian Gish, Walter Huston, and Lionel Barrymore. Based on the 1944 novel of the same name by Niven Busch, it follows a young orphaned Mestiza woman who experiences prejudice and forbidden love, while residing with her white relatives on a large Texas ranch.

Sometimes designs were altered from sketch to screen, or were made for a scene cut from the film and indeed we have not located this precise costume in the final film. But unlike many of the signed watercolor costume designs which Plunkett made in the 1970s for exhibition, and which were based on his earlier final designs, the present design is a much rarer working costume design made at the time of the original film.

We are very grateful to Christian Esquevin (historian of Hollywood costume design history and author of Designing Hollywood: Studio Wardrobe in the Golden Age) for his assistance in the cataloging of this item. 

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