<i>Singin’ in the Rain</i> Costume Design Drawing
date: label: date made
content: 1952
label: date made
content: 1951
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Fashion sketch in pencil and watercolors on heavyweight drawing paper for woman’s costume from the 1952 MGM musical film <i>Singing’ in the Rain</i>. The sketch is by costume designer Walter Plunkett and was for Rita Moreno’s character. The woman in the drawing is wearing a flapper style cloche that is blue with a long pink feather. Her dress is half pink and half blue. She is wearing blue gloves and blue shoes with pink bows, and she is carrying a bi-colored clutch. Two fabric swatches, pink and blue, are stapled to the top of the drawing. On the reverse side of the fashion drawing is a sketch of a similar dress with blue and pink horizontal stripes and a long pink feather on her cloche hat.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0045.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0045
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0045.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: fashion sketch
label: Object Name
content: drawing, costume
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper; fabric, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 15 in; 50.8 cm x 38.1 cm