Warner Bros, 1967,
a hand-painted gouache and pencil costume design on art paper featuring a dramatic red and blue courtly costume most likely for a Lady of the court or 'Queen Guinevere's' character, signed and dated by John Truscott, and titled Camelot '64, Chorus Act I along the top, framed and glazed, overall 11in x 15⅕in (28cm x 39cm)

Footnotes

John Truscott (b.1936 – d.1993) was an Australian actor, production designer, costume designer and artistic director. He won two Academy Awards® for his work on the 1967 film Camelot.

Camelot is an American musical comedy-drama film directed by Joshua Logan and starring Richard Harris as 'King Arthur', Vanessa Redgrave as 'Guinevere', and Franco Nero as 'Lancelot'.

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Please note: Both this lot and lot 16 are not for the 1967 film as catalogued, but are believed to be for the Australian and London stage production of Camelot that John Truscott designed in 1963/1964. The Australian production, premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre in Adelaide on 30th November 1963, then opened on 22nd February 1964 at Her Majesty's Theatre in Melbourne, before opening on 17th October 1964 at Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney. Truscott's designs were then used for the 1964 London production at the Drury Lane Theatre, opening on 19th August 1964.

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Camelot: An original costume design by John Truscott, Warner Bros, 1967,

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