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Lot Essay
This costume is worn by Katherine Hepburn in the final scene, when her character Clara Schumann makes her farewell appearance at the Royal Opera House in Dresden for the Robert Schumann Memorial Concert.
Details
Katherine Hepburn/Song Of Love, 1947
A 19th Century-style mourning dress designed by Walter Plunkett, in figured black fabric, with high collar and long fitted sleeves, smocked bodice and ruffled hemline, together with corresponding black petticoat, made for Katherine Hepburn as Clara Wieck Schumann in the 1947 M.G.M. production Song Of Love; accompanied by a black and white still of Katherine Hepburn wearing the dress; and a book of sheet music Souvenir Album, Popular Piano Classics from the M.G.M picture Song Of Love, 1947 (4)
A 19th Century-style mourning dress designed by Walter Plunkett, in figured black fabric, with high collar and long fitted sleeves, smocked bodice and ruffled hemline, together with corresponding black petticoat, made for Katherine Hepburn as Clara Wieck Schumann in the 1947 M.G.M. production Song Of Love; accompanied by a black and white still of Katherine Hepburn wearing the dress; and a book of sheet music Souvenir Album, Popular Piano Classics from the M.G.M picture Song Of Love, 1947 (4)
Provenance
Ex-lot 326, The Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Collection, Julien's, Beverly Hills, 6 December, 2003
The FLXX Chaparro-Pitre Collection.
The FLXX Chaparro-Pitre Collection.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.