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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980) A design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963 image 1
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980) A design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963 image 2
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980) A 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 37AR

Cecil Beaton
(British, 1904-1980)
A 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

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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)

A design for Rudolf Nureyev as the titular role in Marguerite and Armand, Royal Opera House, 1963
signed 'BEATON' (lower right); further signed 'Rudolph Nureyev' (lower left)
watercolour and pencil
27.5 x 33cm (10 13/16 x 13in).

Footnotes

Provenance
With Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd., London, where acquired by Roy Astley, March 1983

Literature
D. Mellor, Cecil Beaton, exhibition catalogue, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1986, p.228

Exhibited
Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd., London, Cecil Beaton: Retrospective, June - July 1976, no.10;
Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd., London, Cecil Beaton Memorial Exhibition, 19 January - 18 February 1983;
The Barbican Art Gallery, London, Cecil Beaton, 16 May - 20 July 1986, no.P38

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