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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980); Margot Fonteyn as Marguerite in Margeurite and Armand; image 1
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980); Margot Fonteyn as Marguerite in Margeurite and Armand; image 2
Cecil Beaton Photographs from the Estate of Geoffrey Sawyer, Part II
Lot 129AR,Ω

Cecil Beaton
(British, 1904-1980)
Margot Fonteyn as Marguerite in Margeurite and Armand

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

Sold for £332.80 inc. premium

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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)

Margot Fonteyn as Marguerite in Margeurite and Armand, 1963
Half-length, in a costume designed by Beaton, silver-gelatin print, with photographer's ink-stamp credit to reverse, probably printed later
55 x 43cm (21 5/8 x 16 7/8in)

Footnotes

Marguerite and Armand is based on the 1848 novel by Alexandre Dumas fils (1924-1895) which was inspired by Dumas' relationship with Marie Duplessis. Beaton worked on at least two adaptations of this novel as a ballet, the first being in 1946 under the American title Camille (see lot 10).

This production was choreographed by Frederick Ashton in 1963 specifically for Margot Fonteyn and Rudolph Nureyev in the principal roles and whose names are now synonymous with this ballet. See lots 33 to 37 in the present sale for examples of these later costume designs.

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