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photograph of Cecil Beaton's great friend and artist Rex Whistler by Cecil Beaton (read more about Rex Whistler here) BEATON v. NICHOLS ...continuing FLEUR COWLES FLOWER GAME with detours along the way Robert Mapplethorpe (here) Gwili Andre by Cecil Beaton from Chris Beetles (here) I can not imagine the sparks that flew when the young aesthete Cecil Beaton met the older aesthete Beverley Nichols. It seems Nichols was trying to coax the 24 year old innocent into an affair. Nichols boasted of…

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From 12 to 26 September Sotheby’s held a selling exhibition of photographs of legendary actress Vivien Leigh by acclaimed photographer Cecil Beaton, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of her death and the sale of The Vivien Leigh Collection on 26 September. Proceeds from the sale of prints will benefit The Old Vic as the theatre itself heads for an important anniversary, turning 200 in May 2018. Beaton and Leigh first became friends in Edinburgh when Leigh was starring in a George Bernard…

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