Alien: Items from the Alien production in the John Mollo collection sold at Christie's auction house back in 2003

leading from

Alien: Making the movie

 

1) "Six costume sketches for a space suit including: two showing details of a sleeve with annotations in the artist's hand for the materials to be used; three showing full views of the front and back of a space suit; and one other, all black ink or graphite on paper, some with coloured pencil, all unsigned and undated, majority -- 16½x23½in. (42x59.6cm.) (6)"

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2) "Eight costume sketches for a Nostromo crew jacket showing different variations, one with annotations in the artist's hand quilted glazed cotton Tibetan style jacket edged + bound with off-white linen tape or braid, Patch pockets etc., Applied system of pipes + tubes, all graphite or black ink on paper, three with coloured pencil, all unsigned and undated, largest -- 16x23in. (40.5x58.5cm.) (8)"

See: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-alien-1979-4220151

3)  "Six costume sketches comprising: one for Lambert with corresponding sketches for a helmet; one for an unidentified man, all black ink, graphite and coloured pencil or watercolour on paper; two for unidentified men, both graphite on paper; and one showing various designs for a helmet, one of which is annotated Nostromo Captain, graphite and black ink on paper, all unsigned and undated, all -- 16½x23½in. (42x59.6cm.) (6)"

See: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-alien-1979-4220153

4) "Seven costume sketches including: one sheet showing costumes for Ripley and Dallas; one sheet with two different detailed views of a helmet, the paper applied with a cloth badge printed Dallas; a design for a space suit; one showing six different views of a pilot's helmet; and three others, all graphite or black ink on paper, some with coloured pencil, all unsigned and undated, majority -- 23½x16½in. (59.6x42cm.) (7)"

See: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-alien-1979-4220152

 

4.a)

 

 

4.b) Dallas' helmet

 

5) "Three character studies, one showing four characters, another showing two identical characters with minor differences; and one showing a side view of a female figure, all black ink on paper, all unsigned and undated, largest -- 16½x23½in. (42x59.6cm.) (3)"

See: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-alien-1979-4220154

 

 

 

 

 

6)  "John Mollo's revised draft script for Alien, dated May, 1978, 114pp. of mimeographed typescript, the majority of pages annotated in blue felt pen in Mollo's hand with his notes on costumes and amendments to the script and direction, various pages with sketches and doodles, including designs for Nostromo crew clothing, helmets, caps, badges and insignia, the notes on costume include:

- p.2, ...loose helmets, open ice-hockey helmets marked "Captain" etc with earphones, open skull, plastic slot for names, dirty white - look at skateboard helmets, perspex visors on pivots to reflect electronic conversations...
- p.8, ...Parker + Brett in String vests, t-shirts, woolly hats, obscure bronzy jacket, ear-phones, donkey jackets...
- p.65, ...In clothing strapped to board? - Bath Robe - In Shroud? Under US flag...
- p. 92, ...shirt, not coat, Ash in t-shirt + shirt, Ripley clothes ripped bleeding.."

See: https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-alien-1979-4220156

6.i)
 

 

6.ii)   " - p.2, ...loose helmets, open ice-hockey helmets marked "Captain" etc with earphones, open skull, plastic slot for names, dirty white - look at skateboard helmets, perspex visors on pivots to reflect electronic conversations..."

 

 

6.iii)

 

6.iv) - p. 92, ...shirt, not coat, Ash in t-shirt + shirt, Ripley clothes ripped bleeding...