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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980) A costume design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963 image 1
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980) A costume design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963 image 2
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980) A costume design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963 image 3
The Roy Astley Collection: Theatrical Designs by Cecil Beaton and Oliver Messel
Lot 34AR

Cecil Beaton
(British, 1904-1980)
A costume design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963

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

Sold for £4,096 inc. premium

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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)

A costume design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963
signed 'BEATON' (lower right) and inscribed (upper right); further signed 'Rudolf Nureyev' (lower left)
watercolour, gouache and pen and ink
29 x 21cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/4in).

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.

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