Costume sketchbook for Raiders of the Lost Ark: Museum Object and Cultural History
Costume sketchbook for Raiders of the Lost Ark: date made: 1980. user: Landis, Deborah Nadoolman. maker: Landis, Deborah Nadoolman.
The object in the museum catalogue
Deborah Nadoolman Landis' costume sketchbook for the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark. The stapled paper booklet holds seven costume sketches for the character Marion Ravenwood (portrayed by Karen Allen) and five for Indiana Jones (portrayed by Harrison Ford). Each page has a costume drawing, colored with colored pencil or crayon, and a fabric swatch taped next to the drawing. These sketches and fabric swatches were used to create costumes seen in the film.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1980
- user: Landis, Deborah Nadoolman
- maker: Landis, Deborah Nadoolman
- Object Name: sketchbook
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: fabric (swatches material)
- Physical Description: metal (staples material)
- Measurements: overall: 8 1/2 in x 6 in; 21.59 cm x 15.24 cm
- place made: United States: California, Los Angeles
- Associated Place: United States: California, Los Angeles
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- Subject: Movie
- Subject: Entertainment, Film
- Subject: Costume
- ID Number: 1989.0401.01
- accession number: 1989.0401
- catalog number: 1989.0401.01
- Credit Line: Deborah Nadoolman Landis
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
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