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Walter Plunkett costume sketch of Katherine Hepburn for "A Woman Rebels"

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Walter Plunkett costume sketch of Katherine Hepburn for  A Woman Rebels
(RKO, 1937) Sketch of Hepburn as "Pamela Thistlewaite" wearing an elaborate ecru Irish lace gown. Plunkett discovered this fabric in the form of a bedspread at an Irish country inn, and convinced the innkeeper to sell it to him, whereupon he transformed it into the fabulous dress depicted here. The original, finished dress was auctioned at Profiles in History's December, 2000 costume sale, selling for over $63,000. This costume sketch is accomplished in watercolor on board, and signed at the lower right. Measures 15 in. x 20 in.