Live Auction 5126British, Continental & Russian Pictures
Sir Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)
Lot 1319

Sir Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)

Midnight Cavalcade

Closed31 October 2007

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GBP 1,500

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Sir Cecil Beaton (British, 1904-1980)
Midnight Cavalcade
signed 'BEATON' (lower right) and inscribed 'MIDNIGHT CAVALCADE' (upper centre)
watercolour and bodycolour
16 x 12¼ in. (40.7 x 31.1 cm.)

Specialist note

The present work is a poster design for the charity event Midnight Cavalcade on the 18th March 1954, at the London Palladium. Performers inculded Laurence Olivier, Richard Burton, Richard Attenborough and Sybil Thorndike.