Lot Essay
"Elsie is certainly prettier than she has ever been before," wrote Cecil Beaton in 1949. At that time, Elsie de Wolfe, over 80 years old and frail, was rewarded with that quality which had always eluded her
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CECIL BEATON, CIRCA 1940S
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'PORTRAIT OF ELSIE DE WOLFE IN POLKA DOTS', A GELATIN SILVER PRINT
Cecil Beaton, circa 1940s
Signed lower right in red crayon Beaton
19 x 12in. (48.3 x 30.7cm.), framed
Cecil Beaton, circa 1940s
Signed lower right in red crayon Beaton
19 x 12in. (48.3 x 30.7cm.), framed