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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
"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
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
"Fashion Eye: Venice Cecil Beaton" 2021 BEATON, Cecil
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Bristol, CT
BEATON, Cecil
Edited by Pierre Bessard
[124] pp.
Louis Vuitton Malletier
2021
12 1/2" x 9 1/2"
Photographs by Cecil Beaton. Edited by Patrick Remy. Essay by Philippe Garner. Foreword by Countess Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda.
Louis Vuitton Malletier. Paris. 2021. First edition. Hardback; pink cloth-bound boards, with title debossed in blue and images pasted to front and rear boards. [c.120 pages + 28 page facsimile booklet bound in centre.] Illustrated throughout in b&w and colour. French & English. 315 x 245mm. 0.85kg. 9782369832263. Fine; as new.
A scrapbook-style album of Cecil Beaton's photographs of Venice...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary More Art
Materials
Paper
"Cecil Beaton Watercolour Theatrical Set Design for Landscape with Figures" 1951
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Bristol, CT
Original Cecil Beaton (signed LR) watercolour set design for the 2nd version of Beaton's play "The Gainsborough Girls" circa 1951 theatrical production entitled "Landscape with Figur...
Category
1950s Other Art Style Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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
