Yvonne Blake - Female costume design for the film *Fortunata...
Yvonne Blake - Female costume design for the film *Fortunata y Jacinta* - Costume design for the film *Fortunata y Jacinta*. Although two films with that same title were made—one by Artiñano and the other by Cortezo—this may have been a project that was never completed.
Handwritten inscription of the work’s title by the artist in the upper left corner: “Fortunata y Jacinta.” Handwritten inscription by the artist in the upper right corner: “Doña Barbara - / Costume 4 - / Secc. 9 to 17 - 18th - 36th - 44th - 46th - 47th -”.
Text preceded by a date, to the left, reading: “(with cape in San / Isidro and the market -)”. Another text preceded by a date, to the left, reading: “Dark costume - / without cape”. Signed and dated 1969 in the lower right corner.
The renowned film and theater costume designer Ivonne Blake (Manchester, 1940 – Madrid, 2018) won her Academy Award at the 44th ceremony for Best Costume Design for the film *Nicholas and Alexandra* (directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, 1971), the same ceremony at which Charlie Chaplin received his Honorary Oscar.
Blake is remembered as the designer of the Superman costume (directed by Richard Donner, 1978) worn by Christopher Reeve; the filming of that movie was plagued by difficulties caused by the fabrics and colors of the fictional hero’s attire.
She won four Goya Awards in Spain for Best Costume Design for *Remando al viento* (1988), *Canción de cuna* (1994), *Carmen* (2003), and *El puente de San Luis Rey* (2004).
Her film costume designs appeared in movies starring prominent actors and actresses such as Sophia Loren (*The Venus of Anger* in Israel, directed by Daniel Mann, 1966), Liza Minnelli (*Fahrenheit 451*, directed by François Truffaut), Michael Caine and Omar Sharif (The Last Valley, directed by James Clavell), Anthony Hopkins (All Creatures Great and Small), Elizabeth Taylor (An Hour in the Night), Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn (Robin and Marian), Ava Gardner (Harem), Al Pacino (Looking for Richard), not to mention his notable role in the musical *Jesus Christ Superstar* (by Andrew Lloyd Webber).
She collaborated with the prestigious Peris Hermanos fashion house, beginning in the 1960s, on the final production of her designs. With Gonzalo Suárez, she worked on *Rowing Against the Wind*, *Don Juan in Hell*, *The Anonymous Queen*, and *The Detective and Death*; with Vicente Aranda, on *Carmen* and *Tirante el Blanco*.
Although she was not an actress, she was the first woman to be awarded the National Film Award in 2012 and served as President of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AACCE) in 2016. She passed away in Madrid in July 2018.
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Yvonne Blake - Female costume design for the film *Fortunata y Jacinta* - Costume design for the film *Fortunata y Jacinta*. Although two films with that same title were made—one by Artiñano and the other by Cortezo—this may have been a project that was never completed.
Handwritten inscription of the work’s title by the artist in the upper left corner: “Fortunata y Jacinta.” Handwritten inscription by the artist in the upper right corner: “Doña Barbara - / Costume 4 - / Secc. 9 to 17 - 18th - 36th - 44th - 46th - 47th -”.
Text preceded by a date, to the left, reading: “(with cape in San / Isidro and the market -)”. Another text preceded by a date, to the left, reading: “Dark costume - / without cape”. Signed and dated 1969 in the lower right corner.
The renowned film and theater costume designer Ivonne Blake (Manchester, 1940 – Madrid, 2018) won her Academy Award at the 44th ceremony for Best Costume Design for the film *Nicholas and Alexandra* (directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, 1971), the same ceremony at which Charlie Chaplin received his Honorary Oscar.
Blake is remembered as the designer of the Superman costume (directed by Richard Donner, 1978) worn by Christopher Reeve; the filming of that movie was plagued by difficulties caused by the fabrics and colors of the fictional hero’s attire.
She won four Goya Awards in Spain for Best Costume Design for *Remando al viento* (1988), *Canción de cuna* (1994), *Carmen* (2003), and *El puente de San Luis Rey* (2004).
Her film costume designs appeared in movies starring prominent actors and actresses such as Sophia Loren (*The Venus of Anger* in Israel, directed by Daniel Mann, 1966), Liza Minnelli (*Fahrenheit 451*, directed by François Truffaut), Michael Caine and Omar Sharif (The Last Valley, directed by James Clavell), Anthony Hopkins (All Creatures Great and Small), Elizabeth Taylor (An Hour in the Night), Sean Connery and Audrey Hepburn (Robin and Marian), Ava Gardner (Harem), Al Pacino (Looking for Richard), not to mention his notable role in the musical *Jesus Christ Superstar* (by Andrew Lloyd Webber).
She collaborated with the prestigious Peris Hermanos fashion house, beginning in the 1960s, on the final production of her designs. With Gonzalo Suárez, she worked on *Rowing Against the Wind*, *Don Juan in Hell*, *The Anonymous Queen*, and *The Detective and Death*; with Vicente Aranda, on *Carmen* and *Tirante el Blanco*.
Although she was not an actress, she was the first woman to be awarded the National Film Award in 2012 and served as President of the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AACCE) in 2016. She passed away in Madrid in July 2018.
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