Natalie Wood original wedding dress sketch by Howard Shoup. ...

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Natalie Wood original wedding dress sketch by Howard Shoup. (1957) Vintage original costume sketch of Natalie Wood in her wedding gown for her first marriage to Robert Wagner in 1957. Accomplished in pencil and gouache on 15 x 20 in. artist board. Featuring Wood in an unconventional white knee-length gown with lace ornamental collar waist and hood. With additional back of dress detail in the right margin. Pencil notation "N.W.W!" (Natalie Wood Wagner) and artists' name signed in pencil to right of image, "Shoup". Exhibiting some soiling and pinholes in the bottom third not affecting the artwork. In vintage very good to fine condition.

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