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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980); Baba and Nancy Beaton; (6) image 1
Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980); Baba and Nancy Beaton; (6) image 2
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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980); Baba and Nancy Beaton; (6) image 4
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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980); Baba and Nancy Beaton; (6) image 6
An Important Archive of Photographs by Cecil Beaton
Lot 155AR,Ω

Cecil Beaton
(British, 1904-1980)
Baba and Nancy Beaton 6

28 November – 16 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £563.20 inc. premium

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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)

Baba and Nancy Beaton
To include: a portrait of Baba and Nancy as children;
another of the sisters with their mother in a woodland;
a portrait of Baba and Prince Galitzine as Heloise & Abelard in The Pageant of Great Lovers, circa May 1928;
Baba in Syrie Maugham's White Drawing Room, King's Road, London, circa 1934;
Baba Beaton as Ophelia, circa 1935;
and a photograph of Mrs Compton Collier photographing the two sisters and Mrs Beaton at Reddish House, circa 1955,
gelatin silver prints, some possibly later, all with photographer's ink-stamp credit to reverse
(6)
the largest: 21 x 28.5cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/4in)

Footnotes

Cecil Beaton's two sisters, Nancy and Baba (Barbara), were some of his first models as he began to dabble with photography and, later, experiment with studio backdrops and costume design.

Provenance
Baba Beaton & Prince Galitzine: Sotheby's, London, 1978, Lot 551 (according to pencil inscription verso).

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