Lot #797: CECIL BEATON - Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady' #1 - Original vintage color photogravure

 

Artist: Cecil Beaton (English, 1904 - 1980).
Title: "Audrey Hepburn in 'My Fair Lady' #1".
Medium: Original vintage color photogravure.
Date: Composed 1964. Printed 1968.
Dimensions: Image size: 11 3/4 x 8 7/16 in. (298 x 214 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $300
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $500/600
Lot Note(s): Stamped with the photographer's name, verso. Edition size unspecified, presumed small. High-grade archival paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine, quality printing. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board.
Comment(s): In 1962 Warner Bros. asked Beaton, by then an extremely important and eminent British photographer, to take complete charge of the costume design and settings for the film "My Fair Lady" starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. The result was one of the highlights of Beaton's career. Image copyright © The Estate of Cecil Beaton. [26022-2-300-NA]