Set of (4) original Walter Plunkett Gone with the Wind signed costume sketches. ...

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Set of (4) original Walter Plunkett Gone with the Wind signed costume sketches. Set of (4) original Walter Plunkett Gone with the Wind signed costume sketches. (MGM, 1939) Walter Plunkett original (4) costume sketches for Gone with the Wind. Accomplished in pencil, pen and gouache, including: (1) "Pork" (Oscar Polk) sketch on 18 x 23 in. artist board with typed, "PORK" snipe tipped to the bottom of the board. Depicting house servant "Pork" dressed in tattered trousers, patched jacket, shirt and hat, in bare feet. With some edge toning and upper right minor paper loss to corner, (1) "Prissy" (Butterfly McQueen) sketch on 18 x 23 in. board depicting Prissy holding baby "Wade" and with snipe tipped to the bottom of the board and typed, "PRISSY 'long calico dress and starched white turban' p. 144 (GWTW) WADE 'children wear mourning garments a year when they have lost father, mother, brother, or sister; but white and black are so combined in their costumes that the little ones are not too deeply saddened by their attire.' 'Social Etiquette Of New York'". With fabric swatch attached to upper left corner. Expert color touch on white borders, (1) "Melanie" (Olivia de Havilland) sketch on 18 x 23 in. board depicting Melanie in a full hoop skirt and blouse with apron. Paper snipe tipped to the bottom of the board and typed, "MELANIE". With an additional detail pencil sketch in the upper right margin. With minor corner bumping in vintage fine condition and (1) "Bonnie Blue Butler" (Cammie King) sketch on 14 x 17.5 in. vellum, professionally repaired and tipped to a backing sheet of reinforced archival paper. Girl wears a baby blue period skirt and jacket over ruffled blouse. With long white boots and hat. With fabric swatch attached to upper right corner. With paper loss to edges, not interfering with artwork and only mildly touches the "P" in the artist's signature. All sketches signed in lower right corner, "Plunkett".

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