Beaton, Cecil (1904-1980). Lilia Ralli

Bromide print, approx. 25.3 x 20.3 cm. Marked 'B144-35' in the technique, w. 'Cecil Beaton Photograph' credit stamp, 'From the Beaton Studio Sotheby Parke Bernet' stamp w. edition notation '1/1', Condé Nast copyright and studio stamp w. names and date of sitting in pencil, and additional annot. in an unknown hand in pencil verso. Under passepartout.

Good condition, only minor dam., and some silvering. Provenance: Sold as lot 485 in the famous Cecil Beaton Estate Sale by Sotheby Parke Bernet, 9 November 1978. During the 1930s, Beaton stayed in New York where he had a contract with the Condé Nast magazine.