Lot Essay
The leotard in this lot, worn by Jane Russell during the dance sequence in The French Line caused a furor of controversy after film censors deemed it too revealing.
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Details
The French Line, 1954/Jane Russell
A leotard of black satin embellished with vari-shaped rhinestones, with three tear-shaped cut-outs to the midriff, with halterneck strap similarly embellished -- made for Jane Russell as Mary 'Mame' Carson in the 1954 R.K.O. film The French Line; accompanied by a magazine Exposed, 1955, depicting Jane Russell in an identical leotard on the front cover; and a Japanese advertisement for the film depicting the same image (3)
A leotard of black satin embellished with vari-shaped rhinestones, with three tear-shaped cut-outs to the midriff, with halterneck strap similarly embellished -- made for Jane Russell as Mary 'Mame' Carson in the 1954 R.K.O. film The French Line; accompanied by a magazine Exposed, 1955, depicting Jane Russell in an identical leotard on the front cover; and a Japanese advertisement for the film depicting the same image (3)
Provenance
Ex-lot 242, Collectibles And Animation Art, Sotheby's New York, 18 December, 1992