Published in 1937, the production values are ahead of their time and the quality of the images is extremely good:
Is Katharine Hepburn giving a Nazi salute?Beaton's scrapbook is full of weird and wonderful photomontages, watercolours and sketches, but equally enjoyable is the text, which is refreshingly indiscreet and occasionally quite bitchy. Compared to most of the books published in the 1930s, Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook is remarkably modern.
It's also interesting to read a book that is largely about celebrities and compare Beaton's witty, intelligent and stylish scrapbook to Heat and Hello magazines.
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There is a copy of that book in the RCA library - it's pretty bloody good - excellent find.
That's absolutely stunning: I adore Beaton and had no idea that he had a scrapbook.
Have you seen the new selling exhibition of Beaton prints at Chris Beetles on Ryder Street, St.James? It's wonderful and really worth a visit. First Beaton selling exhibition for 25 years.
What a find!
A Beaton exhibition? I shall have to pay a visit next time I'm in town.
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