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Cecil Beaton set design

Set Design
1962 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Set detail design by Cecil Beaton, possibly for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962.

Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was best known as a photographer. Beaton also worked as an illustrator, a diarist, and designer for stage and film. He won three Oscars for costume and art direction for the film version of My Fair Lady (1965) and for Gigi (1958).



Object details

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Object type
TitleCecil Beaton set design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Ink on paper
Brief description
Set design by Cecil Beaton, possibly for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962
Physical description
Pen on paper set design by Cecil Beaton. The design is possibly for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962. The design shows a loosely-sketched room with a set of pannelled doors at the far end of the room and what looks like a long dress on the right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.4cm
  • Width: 27.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
[piano? m?] (On front side in blue ink)
Credit line
Given by the executors of Eileen Hose
Summary
Set detail design by Cecil Beaton, possibly for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's The School for Scandal, Comédie Française, Paris, 1962.

Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) was best known as a photographer. Beaton also worked as an illustrator, a diarist, and designer for stage and film. He won three Oscars for costume and art direction for the film version of My Fair Lady (1965) and for Gigi (1958).

Collection
Accession number
S.2170-2014

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Record createdOctober 23, 2014
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