Costume design
Costume Design
ca.1969 (made)
ca.1969 (made)
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Pen and ink sketch showing several figures, probably for the film On a Clear Day You Can See for Ever. Created by Cecil Beaton, ca. 1970.
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a 1970 musical/romantic fantasy film directed by Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986). The screenplay, by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986), is adapted from his book for the 1965 stage production of the same name. Barbra Streisand played the lead role, Daisy Gamble, who, when undergoing hypnosis, discovers she is a reincarnation of Lady Melinda Winifred Waine Tentrees and is transported back to the Regency period.
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a 1970 musical/romantic fantasy film directed by Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986). The screenplay, by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986), is adapted from his book for the 1965 stage production of the same name. Barbra Streisand played the lead role, Daisy Gamble, who, when undergoing hypnosis, discovers she is a reincarnation of Lady Melinda Winifred Waine Tentrees and is transported back to the Regency period.
Object details
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| Title | Costume design (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Line drawn pen and ink sketch on cream paper. |
| Brief description | Pen and ink sketch showing several figures, probably for the film On a Clear Day You Can See for Ever. Created by Cecil Beaton, ca. 1970 |
| Physical description | Pen and ink sketch showing four figures. All the figures are shown from the front and full length. They are each wearing a different costume, two figures, possibly male, are wearing long, loose fitting coats, with full, floor length, trousers. They both wear hats. The two other figures, seemingly female, are dressed in jackets which fit closely to the bust, but flare out from the waist to accomodate the full, ankle length skirts they are also wearing. The hands of both the women are clasped before them. |
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| Credit line | Given by the executors of Eileen Hose |
| Literary reference | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
| Summary | Pen and ink sketch showing several figures, probably for the film On a Clear Day You Can See for Ever. Created by Cecil Beaton, ca. 1970. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is a 1970 musical/romantic fantasy film directed by Vincente Minnelli (1903-1986). The screenplay, by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986), is adapted from his book for the 1965 stage production of the same name. Barbra Streisand played the lead role, Daisy Gamble, who, when undergoing hypnosis, discovers she is a reincarnation of Lady Melinda Winifred Waine Tentrees and is transported back to the Regency period. |
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| Accession number | S.12-2015 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2015 |
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