Lot Essay
Nancy Lancaster was the owner of legendary design firm Sibyl Colefax and John Fowler and was instrumental in the creation of the 'English Country-House' style.
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Portrait of Nancy Lancaster (1897-1994)
Details
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (British, 1904-1980)
Portrait of Nancy Lancaster (1897-1994)
pencil on paper, framed
11¾ x 8¼ in. (30 x 21 cm.)
Portrait of Nancy Lancaster (1897-1994)
pencil on paper, framed
11¾ x 8¼ in. (30 x 21 cm.)
Provenance
(Possibly) Eileen Hose, (her sale); Christie's, London, 21 June 1988, lot 161 or 163.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.