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ANGUS MCBEAN

Angus McBean and other portraits, 1942-1983

Seven gelatin silver prints, 5½ x 4 1/8in., to 9¾ x 8in., three mounted on card, two as Christmas cards, three signed and annotated in ink on mounts; with four gelatin silver prints, 11¾ x 9¾in.; four autographed letters, signed and two dated '89, one 1 p., two 2 pp. and one 6 pp. (11)

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The latter group includes a portrait of McBean preparing the muslin and plaster of Paris dress worn by Vivien Leigh for the photograph 'Aurora, Surreal portrait of Vivien Leigh'. The letters are addressed to 'Tom' and 'Ronnie', ...I'm soon to be on television again - watch out for me - oh and cling onto my early photographs - they now get a small fortune at auction!

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