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Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom

Pavel Tchelitchew

Portrait of Cecil Beaton

Lot closes

November 6, 03:14 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Current Bid

4,000 GBP

3 Bids

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Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection, United Kingdom

Pavel Tchelitchew

1898 - 1957


Portrait of Cecil Beaton

signed Pavlik, dedicated to my dearest Cecil with love and dated 31 July 1937 (lower left)

ink wash on paper

30.5 by 20.5 cm. 12 by 8 in.

Framed: 49 by 37 cm. 19¼ by 14½ in.

Executed in 1937.

Cecil Beaton (acquired as a gift from the artist)

Christie's, Reddish House: The Property of the Late Sir Cecil Beaton, 10 June 1980, lot 447 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, United Kingdom (acquired from the above sale)

Thence by descent to the present owner

London, Barbican Art Gallery, Cecil Beaton, 1986