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When he was young, Cecil Beaton became enamored by the portraits of high-society women and actresses in the newspapers. At age 11, his nurse taught him how to use a camera and develop film. You can shop a selection of Cecil Beaton’s pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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Portfolio of 12 celebrity portraits, 1982
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Middletown, NY
Milan / New York: Electa Editrice / Rizzoli International Publications, 1982.
A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates with tissue guard-leaves, housed in portfolio and slipcover....
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Ruth Ford - American actress and model - Original Photography by Cecil Beaton
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Cologne, DE
Ruth Ford - American actress and model - Original Photography by Cecil Beaton
Photo taken in 1940s
Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) is considered one of the mo...
Category
1940s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Cecil Beaton: 1904-1980 by Electa Editrice Publishers
By Cecil Beaton
Located in New York, NY
"Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)", Published by Electa Editrice Portfolios, 16.25 x 12.50, 1982
A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates with tissue guard-leaves and limitation leaflet wi...
Category
1980s Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Film
"My Fair Lady" 1958 West End Theatre Costume Drawing Mid 20th Century Modern
By Cecil Beaton
Located in New York, NY
"My Fair Lady" 1958 West End Theatre Costume Drawing Mid 20th Century Modern
Cecil Beaton (1904 – 1980)
"My Fair Lady,"
Pen and ink on paper...
Category
1950s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Portrait Charles Henri Ford by Cecil Beaton (circa 1937) - Original Vintage
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Cologne, DE
Portrait: Charles Henri Ford by Cecil Beaton (ca. 1937) - Vintage
In this striking black-and-white portrait, Charles Henri Ford stands poised against a backdrop of blooming elderflow...
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook" 1937 BEATON, Cecil
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Bristol, CT
BEATON, Cecil
[136] pp.
Charles Scribner's Sons
1937
11 1/2" x 9 1/2"
On the shelves at Ashcombe, I have now over fifty diaries & scrapbooks, memorials of many violated magazine...
Category
1930s More Art
Materials
Paper
