Free Princess Grace exhibit to be held in NYC
Prince Albert II of Monaco (R) and his sister Princess Stephanie visit an exhibition devoted to Princess Grace, their mother, in Monte Carlo July 11, 2007. Just weeks after Britain honored its beloved Princess Diana, Americans are remembering their own princess -- Grace Kelly, a Hollywood star who married a prince and whose classical beauty and style still influences U.S. women. (Pascal Deschamps/Reuters) The free exhibition will span the life of Philadelphia-born Grace Kelly, from Hollywood star and style icon to princess, as well as wife, mother and humanitarian. It will be held Oct. 15-26 at the Manhattan galleries of Sotheby's auction house.
It will set the stage for a series of events, including the 25th anniversary Princess Grace Awards Gala and an arts benefit.
"Grace Kelly was a great friend of my father's from her days as an actress in Hollywood to her reign as Princess of Monaco," said James G. Niven, vice chairman of Sotheby's and son of actor David Niven. "She took me under her wing when we lived in France, and I was lucky to be invited to palace events as a young man and experience the world she inhabited firsthand."
The exhibit will include a blue satin dress and cloak by Hollywood costume designer Edith Head, which Kelly wore while accepting an Academy Award for her role in "The Country Girl." The Oscar statuette will be on view alongside the gown.
Other highlights include:
_A taffeta dress with floral motif she wore when she met Prince Rainier III of Monaco;
_A beige silk shirtwaist dress which she wore as they announced their engagement.
_Her engagement ring, a 10.47 carat emerald cut diamond set with two baguette diamonds and mounted in platinum. She also wore the ring in the movie musical "High Society."
_A tiara that belonged to Princess Grace and worn by her daughter, Princess Caroline, on a Life magazine cover.
Two of the princess' outfits will be auctioned at the arts benefit: a Givenchy-designed sleeveless dress that she wore on a visit to the White House with President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, and a ball gown she wore in "High Society."
"The pieces selected for this exhibition highlight her great beauty and style for which she is so well-known, and her personal letters and correspondence show that she was open, friendly, interesting and had a great sense of humor," Niven said.
On the Net: Sotheby's: http://www.sothebys.com
Princess Grace Foundation USA: http://www.pgfusa.org/
In this undated photo released in New York, Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, by Sotheby's, an 'Oscar' which was presented to Grace Kelly before she became 'Princess Grace' is shown. The statue that Kelly won for her performance in 'The Country Girl,' will be part of a free exhibit of the late Princess Grace's gowns, jewelry, photos and letters at Sotheby's Auction House in New York City from Oct. 15-26. (AP Photo/Sotheby's) 
Portraits and souvenirs of Princess Grace of Monaco are seen in a window of a shop on the square of Monaco palace.
Visitors look at the grave of Princess Grace of Monaco, inside the cathedral of Monaco, on the eve of the 25th anniversary of her death, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2007. While driving with her daughter Stephanie to Monaco on Sept. 13, 1982, from their country home, Princess Grace, then 52, suffered a stroke, causing her car to plunge down the mountainside. Princess Grace died the next day without regaining consciousness.(AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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