Greystoke / The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes: A substantial collection of costume designs by John Mollo

Warner Bros., 1984, Qty

Warner Bros., 1984,
for Hugh Hudson's 1984 film starring Christopher Lambert, Andie McDowell and Ralph Richardson, comprising; two large hand-coloured pen and watercolour costume designs of 'Greystoke' in a suit and in a dressing gown; approximately 55 costume designs on paper, (15 of which are original hand-drawn and coloured pen, ink and watercolour, five original pen and ink monochrome designs, and 35 original copies of which the majority have been hand-coloured with a watercolour overlay), for various characters such as; 'Greystoke', 'Tarzan', 'Lord Esker', 'Jean', 'Lord Clayton', 'D'Arnot', 'Dean', etc, some with annotations, (16 with fabric swatches), most initialled JM; accompanied by two colour photocopy character designs, a storyboard, approximately 68 monochrome pen and ink costume designs on tracing paper (almost all with a photocopy, some duplicates), a unit list, and two rare publicity brochures, the majority of the designs 8 1/4in x 12in (21cm x 30.5cm) (Qty)

Provenance:
From The John Mollo Archive