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Artworks
Sir Cecil Beaton
John Neville's Costume for Berowne, 'Love's Labour's Lost', 1954watercolour over ink43.5 x 31 cm
17 1/8 x 12 1/4 inBeaton's designs for a production of Love's Labour's Lost at the Old Vic in 1954 were his first for a Shakespeare play. John Gielgud wrote of the designs: 'The simplicity...Beaton's designs for a production of Love's Labour's Lost at the Old Vic in 1954 were his first for a Shakespeare play. John Gielgud wrote of the designs: "The simplicity and ingenuity of the whole design serves the play most admirably and the clothes are beautiful, striking and poetic."Exhibitions
Exhibited: Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York, Andy Warhol and Cecil Beaton - Design and Draughtsmanship, March-May 2000 (no.27)