Beaton in Vogue by Josephine Ross, 1st American Edition 1986

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From the inside dust jacket:
Cecil Beaton was a man of great style, dazzling charm, and extraordinary talent whose entire … Read more From the inside dust jacket:
Cecil Beaton was a man of great style, dazzling charm, and extraordinary talent whose entire life was intimately intertwined with the evolution of Vogue. At twenty, Beaton sent the Vogue London editors a snapshot of an undergraduate play at Cambridge; just months before his death at seventy-five he completed for French Vogue two marathon photo assignments. In the years between, British, French, and American Vogue published Beaton's finest work--not only his famous photographs, but his writings, drawings, designs and paintings.
Drawing from this wealth of material, Beaton in Vogue captures the whole of this enormously versatile, energetic, and prolific man. Organized around forty-four of Beaton's articles for Vogue, this book on the great photographer and pictorial artist proves him also to have been a witty and accomplished writer and a stylish chronicler--in such pieces as "Palm Beachistory," "Remembrance of Things Proust," and "The Age of Artifice"--of high society, culture, and style. Beaton's wry line drawings complement his sharp verbal sketches of the London and New York social seasons; his set and costume designs accompany accounts of his personal involvement with the worlds of theater and ballet. Beaton's own words become commentary for his renowned photographs--the stunning fashion nshots; the haunting wartime images; the portraits of the famous, from a demure young Princess Elizabeth and other royals at home to a playful Greta Garbo, from Gertrude Stein and associates in Paris to Audrey Hepburn wearing Beaton's costumes for My Fair Lady. Finally, Beaton's ebullient paintings are reproduced here in full color, including the late work Beaton triumphantly executed with his left hand after a stroke paralyzed his right side.
Josephine Ross selects and introduces work by Beaton dating from the 1920's to the 1970's. Beaton in Vogue presents as never before the myriad accomplishments of this gifted, extraordinary man.
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This rare collector's item book, remains in good vintage condition along with the book itself.

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