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11.29.10
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Book of the Week: An Indian Album

  • Cecil Beaton’s scrapbook approach to Hollywood.
    Sotheby’s Archive/Courtesy of Assouline
  • 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
  • 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

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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