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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, 1981 LIMITED EDITION, numbered.
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Middletown, NY
Beaton, Cecil & Daniela Palazzoli (Editor)
Cecil Beaton – Portfolio, 1981; Electa Editrice Portfolios - LIMITED EDITION
Milano, Italy: Electa Editrice Publishers, 1981.
Limited Edition Portfolio. This is no. 785 out of an edtion of 1000.
A portfolio of twelve heliogravure plates with tissue guard-leaves and limitation leaflet with preface. Housed in portfolio and slipcover, portfolio: 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in (415 x 317 mm); each print approximately 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in (220 x 170 mm).
Subjects include Gary Cooper, 1930s; Buster Keaton, 1931; Marlene Dietrich, 1935; John Wiessmuller, 1933; Greta Garbo, 1946; Marlon Brando, 1947; Audrey Hepburn, 1954; Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin in "High Society", 1956; Marilyn Monroe, 1952; Rudolf Nureyev, November, 1962; Edith Sitwell, 1962; and Pablo Picasso...
Category
20th Century Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nancy Cunard, 1924 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
By Cecil Beaton
Located in London, GB
Nancy Cunard, 1924 - Cecil Beaton (Portrait Photography)
Inscribed with title and stamped with photographer's copyright ink stamp on reverse
Silver gelatin print, printed later
9 3/8...
Category
20th Century Portrait 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'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
"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 1/4"
w/ floral rose bud Sanderson wallpaper boards & endpapers
On the shelves at Ashcombe, I have now over fift...
Category
1930s More Art
Materials
Paper
"Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook" 1937 BEATON, Cecil
By Cecil Beaton
Located in Bristol, CT
BEATON, Cecil
[135] pp.
Charles Scribner's Sons
1937
11 1/2" x 9 1/4"
w/ floral rose bud Sanderson wallpaper boards & endpapers
On the shelves at Ashcombe, I have now over fift...
Category
1930s More Art
Materials
Paper
