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Auction archive: Lot number 196

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

The Collection of Paul F. Walter
26 Sep 2017 - 27 Sep 2017
Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$32,500
Auction archive: Lot number 196

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)

The Collection of Paul F. Walter
26 Sep 2017 - 27 Sep 2017
Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$32,500
Beschreibung:

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)
Iconic Women
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) Iconic Women Comprising: a collection of 28 silver gelatin-prints by Beaton, three bearing Beaton's familiar brushstroke signature ("C Beaton") on the mount, 1977-1981, mostly matted and hinged with Beaton's photo credit stamped on verso. Subjects include Marline Dietrich, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Elizabeth, Queen Consort (signed "Elizabeth R" on mount), Tallulah Bankhead (signed), Corinne Griffith, Mrs. Richard Guiness, Lady Louis Mountbatten, Constance Bennett, and Colette. Three of the subjects, Baba Beaton, Edith Sitwell, and The Jungman Sisters were featured in Beaton's 1930 volume, The Book of Beauty. The group additionally contains an alternate image of Lady Oxford, who was also featured in The Book of Beauty silver gelatin-prints Majority range in size from 215 x 170 mm. to 455 x 310 mm. (approx.) (28)

Auction archive: Lot number 196
Auction:
Datum:
26 Sep 2017 - 27 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)
Iconic Women
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) Iconic Women Comprising: a collection of 28 silver gelatin-prints by Beaton, three bearing Beaton's familiar brushstroke signature ("C Beaton") on the mount, 1977-1981, mostly matted and hinged with Beaton's photo credit stamped on verso. Subjects include Marline Dietrich, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Elizabeth, Queen Consort (signed "Elizabeth R" on mount), Tallulah Bankhead (signed), Corinne Griffith, Mrs. Richard Guiness, Lady Louis Mountbatten, Constance Bennett, and Colette. Three of the subjects, Baba Beaton, Edith Sitwell, and The Jungman Sisters were featured in Beaton's 1930 volume, The Book of Beauty. The group additionally contains an alternate image of Lady Oxford, who was also featured in The Book of Beauty silver gelatin-prints Majority range in size from 215 x 170 mm. to 455 x 310 mm. (approx.) (28)

Auction archive: Lot number 196
Auction:
Datum:
26 Sep 2017 - 27 Sep 2017
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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