Beaton, Cecil. Photographic Images and Other Material from the Beaton Studio.

Tuesday, November 18, 1980. Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York. Catalog with 200 lots, fully illustrated. Includes Beaton's portraits of notables such as Duchess of Windsor, Edith Sitwell, Lady Oxfored, Paula Gellibrand, Marlon Brando, Audrey Hepburn, Katherine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Joan Crawford, Marilyn Monroe, Grete Garbo, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra with Sammy Davis and Dean Martin, Jeanne Moreau, Hermione Gingold, Vivien Leigh, Merle Oberon, Marx Brothers, Johnnie Weismuller, Laurence Olivier, Elsa Maxwell, Gary Cooper, Buster Keaton, Dolores del Rio, Anna May Wong, self-portraits, Gertrude Lawrence, Norma Shearer, Marlene Dietrich, et al. Also photos of Cecil Beaton by other photographers and work by other photographers collected by Beaton. LIke new.

Sir Cecil Beaton (1904–1980) was a renowned British photographer, Oscar-winning costume and stage designer, and diarist celebrated for his glamour, theatrical flair, and defining influence on 20th-century visual culture. Born in London, he developed an early obsession with high society, theater, and photography, going on to become a chief staff photographer for Vogue and Vanity Fair during the 1920s and 1930s. Renowned for his elaborate, stylized portraits of Hollywood celebrities, avant-garde artists, and the British Royal Family—most notably Queen Elizabeth II—Beaton also served as an official war photographer during World War II, capturing poignant images of blitz-damaged Britain and active fronts across the Middle East and Asia. Later expanding his creative footprint to stage and cinema, he won Academy Awards for his costume and production design on Gigi (1958) and My Fair Lady (1964), solidifying his legacy as an irreplaceable master of elegance, art direction, and portraiture.