Lot Essay
Adele Balkan designed for the American stage and film, working for RKO 1947-1952 and Fox 1955-1960. Her film credits include South Pacific, Two Tickets to Broadway and The Young Lions.
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Costume design for Marilyn Monroe in There's no business like show business
Details
Adele Balkan (1907-1999)
Costume design for Marilyn Monroe in There's no business like show business
signed 'ADELE/BALKAN' (lower centre)
pencil, black ink, watercolour and bodycolour
20½ x 13½ in. (52.1 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed in 1954.
Costume design for Marilyn Monroe in There's no business like show business
signed 'ADELE/BALKAN' (lower centre)
pencil, black ink, watercolour and bodycolour
20½ x 13½ in. (52.1 x 34.3 cm.)
Executed in 1954.
Provenance
with Charles Spencer Theatre Gallery, London.
Exhibited
London, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1984.
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