Up for sale is an exceptional costume design sketch by the famous 20th century female designer Edith Head. Depicting an outfit for the 1952 film My Son John, Helen Hayes (playing Lucille Jefferson), wears a blue house dress with ruffled collars. Executed in gouache and watercolor on paper, this unframed artwork measures 23 x 14.5 inches showing full margins. Finely painted this extremely attractive sketch is initialed low right “EH” and bears pencil annotations including “This could be a plain fabric - since the other two house dresses are patterned” and “#5- Housedress (Dinner with Frank & John”. The backside shows the title of the film and actress name in pencil. The condition of this drawing shows some age, handling and minimal discoloration / surface blemishes having never been framed, it is a fine and excellent example. The images provided accurately represent the quality, condition and aesthetic beauty of this Edith Head costume sketch of Helen Hayes for My Son John but if you have any questions please feel free to ask prior to purchasing!