Lot Essay
Our Betters was written by Somerset Maugham and was first performed 12 March 1917. This set design was produced for Ivor Novello's 1946 production of the play.
Details
Cecil Beaton (1904-1980)
A Set Design for Our Betters, 1946
signed 'Beaton'; pen and ink, coloured chalks and watercolour
21¼ x 28¾in. (540 x 730mm.)
A Set Design for Our Betters, 1946
signed 'Beaton'; pen and ink, coloured chalks and watercolour
21¼ x 28¾in. (540 x 730mm.)
Provenance
With Michael Parkin Fine Art.
Literature
D. Mellor, Cecil Beaton, exhibition catalogue, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1986, p. 99, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Barbican Art Gallery, Turin, Museo Carlo Biscaretti di Ruffia, Madrid, Fundacion Caixa de Barcelona, Seville, Fundacion Luis Cernuda, Grey Art Gallery-Fashion Institute of Technology, Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, San Diego Museum of Art, New Orleans, New Orleans Museum of Art, May 1987-January 1990, Cecil Beaton, no.K25.