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Attributed to Geoffrey Sawyer (British, 1933-2022); Cecil Beaton's My Fair Lady; (6) image 1
Attributed to Geoffrey Sawyer (British, 1933-2022); Cecil Beaton's My Fair Lady; (6) image 2
Attributed to Geoffrey Sawyer (British, 1933-2022); Cecil Beaton's My Fair Lady; (6) image 3
Attributed to Geoffrey Sawyer (British, 1933-2022); Cecil Beaton's My Fair Lady; (6) image 4
Cecil Beaton Photographs from the Estate of Geoffrey Sawyer, Part II
Lot 117AR,Ω

Attributed to Geoffrey Sawyer
(British, 1933-2022)
Cecil Beaton's My Fair Lady 6

20 May – 3 June 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £64 inc. premium

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Attributed to Geoffrey Sawyer (British, 1933-2022)

Cecil Beaton's My Fair Lady, circa 1956-58
Depicting Beaton photographing a member of the My Fair Lady chorus, the model wearing the opera coat from the opening chorus, circa 1956, silver gelatin print, possibly printed later; together with four depicting Beaton with set designer Oliver Smith on stage of the My Fair Lady set at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, April 1958, silver gelatin prints, possibly printed later; and a photograph of Beaton with a press photographer before the Gala at the Royal Opera House for the state visit of Charles de Gaulle, April 1960 (6)
the first: 24 x 19.25cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/8in)

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Beaton's involvement with My Fair Lady, his most famous project, began in 1955 while working on the American stage version of George Bernard Shaw's 1913 stage play Pygmalion. Julia Andrews and Rex Harrison starred in the leading roles.

He continued his engagement with the play when it was brought to the West End in 1958, before spending ten months in Hollywood for the film production starring Audrey Hepburn in 1963. When the film was released in 1964, Beaton won two Academy Awards, for Best Art Direction-Colour and Best Costume Design-Colour, cementing his name in the world of theatrical design.

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