"Photobiography" 1951 BEATON, Cecil Men's Fashion

"Photobiography" 1951 BEATON, Cecil Men's FashionBEATON, Cecil [255] pp. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1951 10 1 4" x 7 3 8" Cecil Beaton's witty account of the first 25 years of his career, filled with anecdotes and photos. Published before the diaries, Photobiography is an early memoir from Beaton. Its focus is on his career as a photographer, from his early boyhood with his Box Brownie to the post War photographs of the Royal Family, taking in Hollywood, Vogue and the War along the way. The book is

‘The subject I wanted to paint was of unsaddling… A winter afternoon with bright sun…many horses are returning after a steeplechase

Marc du Plantier

not part of Gertrude Jekyll's intention to encourage the use of garden ornaments but rather to explain how they could and should be used to achieve the best possible effect

they teem with thought and impressions long treasured

The sale took place over two days

and countless others) and masterfully guiding the creative combustion that has resulted

Annie Leibowitz

including the Bespoke Collection

Dau's Blue Books New York

September 1972[140] pp

5"Lion Match New York

Sz: 3"H x 3"W x 4"D