Marlene Dietrich Blonde Venus, 1932

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Marlene Dietrich Blonde Venus, 1932
Travis Banton (1894-1958)
A watercolour and pencil costume sketch of Marlene Dietrich as Helen Faraday in the Paramount film Blonde Venus, 1932, directed by Joseph Von Sternberg, the sketch showing Dietrich in a bodice adorned with feathers and sequins complete with afro blonde wig, worn in the acclaimed Hot Voodoo scene, signed in pencil Travis Banton, with 'Production Ink Stamp' to verso completed in pencil Prod # 892, date 3-3-32, For Miss Dietrich, Costume # 5 with printed type-script label Marlene Dietrich with hand written detail return 11901-11933 -- 22x14in. (56x35.5cm.), framed; accompanied by a black and white film still [printed later] of Dietrich wearing the costume (2)

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DICKENS, Homer Marlene Dietrich, London: Citidal Press, p.105
American Film Institute Exhibition Catalogue, Los Angeles, 1993, pp.187-188

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The Hot Voodoo scene in Blonde Venus has been commented on by film critics since its release in 1932. The surprising performance begins with a chorus of black show girls dressed in 'savage' costume parading a dancer dressed in a black gorilla suit though the audience. The gorilla takes centre stage and unmasks the performer as Marlene Dietrich. Dressed in a bodice extravagantly adorned with ostrich feathers, rhinestones and sequins, Dietrich's look is completed with a large blonde afro-style wig embellished with sequin covered arrows, worn while she sings Hot Voodoo. This unforgettable routine pays tribute to Joseph Von Sternberg's statement in his autobiography regarding Blonde Venus that it was ...written swiftly to provide something other than the sob stories that were being submitted.
Also see footnote to lot 12.