Lot Essay
Gigi (1957), based on the novel by Colette was Beaton's first Hollywood film. He did settings and costumes and it was directed by Vincente Minelli with music by Lerner and Loewe.
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Gigi, Miss Gingold as 'Mamita'
Details
SIR CECIL BEATON, C.B.E. (1904-1980)
Gigi, Miss Gingold as 'Mamita'
signed 'BEATON' (lower centre) and inscribed 'MAMITA/MISS GINGOLD' (lower right)
black ink, watercolour and bodycolour on buff paper
16¾ x 11¼ in. (42.5 x 28.5 cm.)
Executed in 1958.
Gigi, Miss Gingold as 'Mamita'
signed 'BEATON' (lower centre) and inscribed 'MAMITA/MISS GINGOLD' (lower right)
black ink, watercolour and bodycolour on buff paper
16¾ x 11¼ in. (42.5 x 28.5 cm.)
Executed in 1958.
Provenance
Stage and Costume Designs, Fashion Drawings, Landscapes, Portraits and Sketch-Books by Cecil Beaton, C.B.E., From the Estate of the Late Miss Eileen Hose, Christie's, London, 21 June 1988, lot 103 (part).
Special notice
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