Edith Head (1897 – 1981), is considered to be the most influential costume designer in American film history as well as the most awarded woman with 8 Academy Awards won as Best Costumer between 1949-1973. Beginning as a Spanish teacher turned designer after her education at Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, Head was hired as a designer at Paramount Studios where she worked for 44 years (1923-1967) after which she joined Universal Pictures by invitation from Alfred Hitchcock.

Blue Bird is a 1976 American-Soviet fantasy film adaptation based on the 1908 play L'Oiseau bleu by Maurice Maeterlinck, which centers on the adventures of two peasant children, brother and sister Mytyl and Tyltyl, on a quest for the Blue Bird of Happiness.

Cecily Tyson as Cat in Blue Bird, c1976. Designed by Edith Head.

Watercolor and ink on Bristol paper.

Approximate Measurements:

12" L x 8.5" W