Sale 21BP01 | Lot 1056

[BEATON, CECIL] Collection of notes and letters sent to Cecil Beaton by friends and admirers.

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[BEATON, CECIL] Collection of notes and letters sent to Cecil Beaton by friends and admirers.

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Lot 1056
[BEATON, CECIL] Collection of notes and letters sent to Cecil Beaton by friends and admirers.
Most 1930s-1940s. Includes a lengthy letter by Stephen Tennant to Beaton, dated December 14, 1938; a signed photograph of Greta Garbo signed by Beaton; a printed formal invitation from Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, to attend the wedding of her daughter; another Royal invitation, dated April 1963; a note from Elsie de Wolfe Menil on St. Regis stationery; a lengthy note in pencil, apparently from Christian Berard; and a miscellany of approximately ten other telegrams, letters, etc., many not readily identifiable. The Tennant letter with evidence of mounting, minor defects to the balance of the collection.
Stephen Tennant was the brightest of the "Bright Young People," and fictionalized versions of him appear in Waugh's Vile Bodies and Brideshead Revisited, and in Nancy Mitford's Love in a Cold climate.


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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $535 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold for $535 (includes buyer's premium)
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Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

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