Lucille Ball's Personally Owned 1950s Black and Gold Cocktail Dress From the Collection of Kent Warner W/Notarized Letter of Provenance - This lovely 1950s cocktail dress was owned by legendary comedienne, Lucille Ball. The dress is crafted of black stiff raw silk and gold lurex and has a collared design, bell-shaped skirt and pockets at the waist. The dress was given by Lucille Ball to Hollywood costumer Kent Warner, who worked for MGM Studios and is known for 'liberating' props such as the iconic ruby red slippers of "The Wizard of Oz" and Humphrey Bogart's trench coat from "Casablanca". The lot will be accompanied by a typeset letter of provenance signed by Warner dated 6/19/1979, which was also notarized on that date. Lucille Ball was an American actress, comedian, model, and producer, best known as the star of the self-produced sitcoms, I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Lucy Show, and others. In 1962, she became the first woman to run a major television studio, Desilu Productions, which produced many popular television series, including Mission: Impossible and Star Trek. Ball was nominated for thirteen Primetime Emmy Awards, and won four times. She was the recipient of the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1979, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center Honors in 1986, and the Governors Award from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 1989. Lucille Ball was awarded not one but two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for contributions to motion pictures, and one for television. Measurements: bust-32", waist-28", shoulder to hem length-44" (measurements are approximate).