Cecil Beaton: The Art of Scrapbook is a must-have for any fan of fashion and photography. It’s an artful melange of Beaton’s photographs, letters, magazine tears and musings and is a direct glimpse of what inspired him. Here, pages from the book, as well as Tory’s own collection of Beaton tomes.
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Cecil Beaton’s scrapbook approach to Hollywood.
Beaton was especially inspired by Greta Garbo, seen here and on subsequent pages.
Sotheby’s Archive/Courtesy of Assouline
Sotheby’s Archive/Courtesy of Assouline
Tory’s copy of I Take Great Pleasure
Tory’s copy of Far East
Tory’s copy of Portrait of New York
Tory’s copy of An Indian Album