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"The Face of the World: An International Scrapbook of People and Places" 1957 Beaton, Cecil

Name: "The Face of the World: An International Scrapbook of People and Places" 1957 Beaton, Cecil
Price: 375 USD
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$375

The Cary Collection

Bristol, CT

Description: BEATON, Cecil

[240] pp.

The John Day Company

1957

11 1/4" x 9"

The Face of the World is a … more BEATON, Cecil

[240] pp.

The John Day Company

1957

11 1/4" x 9"

The Face of the World is a scrapbook and compilation of 'a decade of revival', a demonstration of how art and culture had been revitalised after the war years. The title and subtitle of the book (An International Scrapbook of People and Places) reflects the global outlook of the contents. It contains a mixture of photographs, drawings, and extracts from journals and published articles produced by Beaton in the years from 1945-1956. 'People Places Pleasures All come under the engaging scrutiny of Cecil Beaton's camera, brush and pen.' There are articles on London, Paris, New York, Sicily, and Tokyo laid out on hotel notepaper and the 'Travel Album' spreads reproduce photographs taken on visits around the world. The portrait photographs likewise demonstrate an international cast of creatives. The usual suspects are there (including Christian Bérard, Picasso, Diana Cooper, Colette, the Royal Family, Evelyn Waugh, Nancy Mitford and Winston Churchill), but Beaton was keen to ensure that the book was up to the minute and so included images of several contemporary stars, such as Albert Camus, Mary McCarthy, Truman Capote, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Maria Callas, Marlon Brando, Tennessee Williams, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon less

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