Walter Plunkett costume sketch for Vivien Leigh "Scarlett O'Hara's" in mourning dress costume for Gone With the Wind....

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Walter Plunkett costume sketch for Vivien Leigh "Scarlett O'Hara's" in mourning dress costume for Gone With the Wind. (MGM, 1939) Vintage original sketch accomplished in pencil, gouache, and ink on 13 x 19.75 in. artists' board. Signed in ink, "Plunkett" in the lower right below image. Exhibiting production handling, light soiling, edge toning and minor corner chipping. Pen notes in Plunkett's hand on the verso read, "I think this was an alternate of the Bazaar costume for Scarlett in Gone With the Wind. IT WAS USED!! Walter Plunkett". Retaining tape remnants to edges of the verso. In vintage fine condition.

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