8th May, 2018 12:00 EDT
Modern & Contemporary Art
90
CECIL BEATON (BRITISH, 1904-1980)
"MARILYN MONROE, AMBASSADOR HOTEL, NEW YORK"
February 22, 1956 (printed 2009). Inscribed in pencil with subject's name and date, numbered 5/50, and with signature credit and Sotheby's Studio Archive copyright reproduction limitation stamps verso. Gelatin silver print.
image: 18 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (47 x 46.4cm)
sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (60.6 x 50.5cm)
Provenance: Chris Beetles Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the above in 2009).
EXHIBITED:
"Cecil Beaton," Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April - May, 2009, exhibition no. 54.
LITERATURE:
Terence Pepper, Beaton Portraits, London: National Portrait Gallery, 2004, pl. 123.
Sold for $2,125
Estimated at $800 - $1,200
February 22, 1956 (printed 2009). Inscribed in pencil with subject's name and date, numbered 5/50, and with signature credit and Sotheby's Studio Archive copyright reproduction limitation stamps verso. Gelatin silver print.
image: 18 1/2 x 18 1/4 in. (47 x 46.4cm)
sheet: 23 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (60.6 x 50.5cm)
Provenance: Chris Beetles Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Jeffrey M. Kaplan, Washington, D.C. (acquired directly from the above in 2009).
EXHIBITED:
"Cecil Beaton," Chris Beetles Gallery, London, April - May, 2009, exhibition no. 54.
LITERATURE:
Terence Pepper, Beaton Portraits, London: National Portrait Gallery, 2004, pl. 123.
