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An Important Archive of Photographs by Cecil Beaton
Lot 175AR,Ω

Cecil Beaton
(British, 1904-1980)
English authors and novelists 11

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

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Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)

English authors and novelists
To include: five portraits of Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), possibly taken at his home Villa Mauresque, Nice, circa 1930s;
a portrait of Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014), at Reddish House;
a portrait of H.G. Wells at his desk, circa 1930s;
a portrait of literary critic and writer Cyril Connolly (1910-1974);
and three portraits of Angus Wilson (1913-1991), one of England's first openly gay authors; one example featuring Henry, 17th Earl of Pembroke,
the majority gelatin silver prints, some possibly printed later, all with photographer's ink-stamp credit to reverse (11)
the largest: 24 x 24cm (9 7/16 x 9 7/16in)

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