Cecil Beaton
Photograph und Bühnenbildner, 1904-1980
Als einer der bemerkenswertesten Fotografen des 20. Jahrhunderts ist Beaton berühmt für seine glamourösen Portraits von weltbekannten Gesichtern aus der Welt der Mode, der Literatur und des Films und seine mit viel dekorativem Aufwand in Szene gesetzten Modeaufnahmen. Er hat mit seiner Kamera ein halbes Jahrhundert belichtet, von den „Roaring Twenties“ bis zur Popkultur im „Swinging London“ der 1960er- und 1970er-Jahre. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg betätigte er sich mit viel Erfolg als Illustrator, Maler, Schriftsteller und Chronist und entwarf Bühnenbilder und Kostüme für Film (so My Fair Lady), Theater und Oper.
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Photograph, Bühnenbildner und Graphiker (1904–1980). Eigenh. Brief mit U. („Cecil“). Broadchalke, Reddish House. 2 SS. 8vo.
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An einen Freund mit Dank für ein Geschenk: „[…] Growing old is so horrible in any case there should be more & more paliatives – & present giving should be more & more encouraged. Thank you for letting me have such a nice silver surprise [...]“. – Beaton gilt als der bedeutendste britische Photograph des 20. Jahrhunderts. 1937 wurde er Hofphotograph der Königsfamilie. – Auf Briefpapier mit gedr. Adresse; mit wohl a. d. Hand des Empfängers stammendem Vermerk samt Datierung in Bleistift am oberen Rand der Recto-Seite.
was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer (1904-1980). A.L.S. Cairo. 8vo. 2 pages. Shepheard’s Hotel letterhead. Pencil.
3.500 €
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Letter to model Alice. In part: “You won’t realize it was a thrill for me to take these little snapshots of you. I have taken so many thousands! But you don’t know what a favorite you have always been of mine…when I knew every detail of your face & drew it in every disguise you ever wore. It made me suddenly remember a photograph of you in a field of corn…I have sent the two marked V to ‘Vogue.’” Under his signature, Beaton has added two sketches of a female face. In fine condition, with central horizontal and vertical folds, both passing through small portions of signature, and some light creasing. The first original art we have seen from the award-winning photographer.
Photograph (1904-1980). Eigenh. Brief mit U. ("Cecil"). O. O. 1 S. 4to. Wasserzeichen "Croxley Script".
3.500 €
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An einen "dearest Francis", womöglich Francis Bacon, der 1977 eine kurze Reise nach Rom unternommen hatte, um den Maler Balthus zu treffen und die Gärten der Villa Medici zu besichtigen: "I trust you got my Post Card eventually. Your trip sounds absolutely marvellous! How wacky to get completely away, to devour new settings. It must have given you a complete kick. Need to get back where you belong, though. I have been hard at work with people helping me with their pieces. It is still hard work.
Have you been seeing any films? I am induced [?] to watch boring hours [...]". - Mit der linken Hand geschrieben, nachdem ein Schlaganfall im Jahre 1974 Beaton rechtsseitig gelähmt hatte. - Alte Faltspuren und stellenweise gering fleckig; wohlerhalten..
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3 autograph letters signed ("Cecil").
Autograph ist nicht mehr verfügbar
To the American film director George Cukor (1899-1983) whom Beaton met in the 1930s, and most famously worked with him on the 1964 musical "My Fair Lady" for which Beaton won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and Costume Design. The earliest letter to Cukor reveals Beaton's desire to work in Hollywood and even gives a short resume of his theatrical work; the latest letter to Cukor is written at the end of Beaton's work on "My Fair Lady", and references the trouble on the set: "My contract expires next Friday. I am hoping that Mrs. Higgins' set will be finished in a very few days. Is there anything else you would like me to do as I am quite anxious to get back to where I belong - particularly in view of the unhappiness of the last weeks. I would like to thank you for all the brunches & entertainment at your house & for the many kindnesses you showed me until things went wrong between us [...]". - From the estate of Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming. - Each letter on stationery with printed letterhead, including one by Warner Bros.