SIR CECIL BEATON CBE (1904-1980)

SIR CECIL BEATON CBE (1904-1980)
Follow the Sun
Signed 'BEATON' and with studio stamp (lower right)
Pencil and watercolour
33.9 x 37.3cm

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.
Miss Eileen Hose.
Her sale, Christie's, King Street, Stage and Costume Designs, Portraits, Fashion Drawings and Landscapes from the Studio of the Late Sir Cecil Beaton, C.B.E., 7th June 1984, lot 13, where purchased by Derek Parker and Peter Morris for £1,400 (hammer).

Catalogue Note

The present work is a set design for C. B. Cochran's (1872-1951) Revue, which opened in Manchester in December 1935 and at the Adelphi in London in February 1936. This included a ballet written by Osbert Sitwell (1892-1969), entitled The First Shoot. Sarah Churchill made her stage debut as a decorative pheasant, in a costume designed by Beaton.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.