Cecil Beaton sketches turn heads at Bonhams auction
The latest sale of Modern British art held by Bonhams in Knightsbridge was its first live event held ‘behind closed doors’ in the UK. It included 22 pen and ink drawings by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) which formed part of the famous photographer’s ‘The Book of Beauty’ published in 1930.
Sold to the private UK owner as a single lot by Christie’s back in 1988, they were offered here sepa…