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Sir Cecil Beaton: a costume design for the original broadway musical of My Fair Lady,
circa 1956,

24 June 2015, 12:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Sir Cecil Beaton: a costume design for the original broadway musical of My Fair Lady,

circa 1956,
watercolour and pastel on paper, signed Beaton by the artist in paint, further signed and inscribed in black watercolour To Monty Berman, with gratitude and admiration from Cecil Beaton, with annotations in pencil referring to the fabric to be used and labelled Melisande Congdon, with Ascot written in black watercolour, 19 x 15 inches (49 x 38cm)

Footnotes

Melisande Congdon performed for the first three years of the original Broadway musical of 'My Fair Lady' which opened in 1956.

See also footnote to lot 28.

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