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    • CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
    Lot 174

    CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)

    Blitz, City of London, 1940-41

    Price realised

    GBP 2,032

    Estimate

    GBP 700 - GBP 900

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    CECIL BEATON (1904-1980)
    Blitz, City of London, 1940-41
    gelatin silver print
    credit stamp, initialled, captioned 'St. Paul's Seen through a Victorian Shop-front' and printer's notations in pencil on verso
    8 3/8 x 8in. (21.1 x 20.2cm.)

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    D. Mellor (ed.), Cecil Beaton, London, 1986, p.182, pl.45; J. Danziger, Beaton, New York, 1986, p.129.


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