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In Kubrick's last film, released posthumously, similar masks are worn by the naked women during the orgy party which Tom Cruise as Doctor Bill Harford attends at the gothic mansion in a secret location.
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Donated By Jan Harlan on behalf of the Stanley Kubrick Estate
Eyes Wide Shut, 1999
A composition mask decorated with various fabrics and braids, the face painted cream with crackled glaze finish, the inside lined with black and white felt, the white felt inscribed in black felt pen 16 -- 18in. (45.7cm.) high -- made for the 1999 Warner Brothers film Eyes Wide Shut; accompanied by a xerox of a letter of donation stating that this ..Venetian Mask as used in 'Eyes Wide shut' during the 'Abyss of Decadence' sequence...
Eyes Wide Shut, 1999
A composition mask decorated with various fabrics and braids, the face painted cream with crackled glaze finish, the inside lined with black and white felt, the white felt inscribed in black felt pen 16 -- 18in. (45.7cm.) high -- made for the 1999 Warner Brothers film Eyes Wide Shut; accompanied by a xerox of a letter of donation stating that this ..Venetian Mask as used in 'Eyes Wide shut' during the 'Abyss of Decadence' sequence...
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Photograph courtesy of The Ronald Grant Archive/Warner Bros.