Gorgeous original costume artwork by Hollywood costume designer Marjorie Best, accomplished in graphite, ink, and watercolor on peach-colored 12.75 x 16 artist board, with upper right corner marked in pencil, "Natalie Wood, Silver and Rhinestone Rodeo Outfit," and the lower portion signed by the artist, "M. Best." The attractive rendering shows Wood with arms akimbo posing in a flashy metallic cowgirl outfit, a costume she wore in early publicity stills for the 1958 Warner Bros. film Marjorie Morningstar. In fine condition, with scattered small stains.
Marjorie Best (1903-1997) was an acclaimed Hollywood costume designer known for her period designs. She earned an Oscar for costume design in 1949 for her collaboration on the Errol Flynn film Adventures of Don Juan, and was subsequently nominated for her work on Giant (1956), Sunrise at Campobello (1960), and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), the same year she retired.
