Sale 6900
London
|
19 May 2004
Price realised
GBP 2,032
Estimate
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
D. Mellor (ed.), Cecil Beaton, London, 1986, p.182, pl.45; J. Danziger, Beaton, New York, 1986, p.129.
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