Lot Essay
‘In her presence, you are startled, then disarmed, by the lack of inhibition… excitement has now got the better of her. She romps, she squeals with delight, she leaps onto the sofa…’ Cecil Beaton
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Marilyn Monroe, 1956
Details
CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
Marilyn Monroe, 1956
tirage argentique, tiré en 1998, monté sur support cartonné
cachet d'archive du photographe 'Beaton / Sotheby's', titré, daté (image et tirage) et numéroté '1' au crayon (montage, verso)
image : 28 x 28.4 cm. (11 x 11 ¼ in.)
feuille/montage : 40.5 x 30.8 cm. (15 x 12 1/8 in.)
Marilyn Monroe, 1956
tirage argentique, tiré en 1998, monté sur support cartonné
cachet d'archive du photographe 'Beaton / Sotheby's', titré, daté (image et tirage) et numéroté '1' au crayon (montage, verso)
image : 28 x 28.4 cm. (11 x 11 ¼ in.)
feuille/montage : 40.5 x 30.8 cm. (15 x 12 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Staley-Wise Gallery, New York.
Literature
Cecil Beaton, The Face of the World, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, Londres, 1957, p. 185 (variantes).
Special notice
VAT at a rate of 5.5% will be payable on both the hammer price
and the Buyer’s premium. It will be refunded to the Buyer upon
proof of export of the lot outside the European Union within the
legal time limit. (Please refer to section VAT refunds).
Further details
GELATIN SILVER PRINT, PRINTED 1998, FLUSH-MOUNTED ON BOARD; STAMPED SOTHEBY'S BEATON ARCHIVES CREDIT TITLED, DATE OF IMAGE AND OF PRINT AND NUMBERED '1' IN PENCIL (FLUSHMOUNT, VERSO)
Brought to you by
Elodie Morel-Bazin
Head of Department, Europe