Faces from Cecil Beaton’s book of the beautiful people
Turning heads at Bonhams Knightsbridge’s sale of Modern British art was a group of 22 pen and ink drawings by Cecil Beaton (1904-80) which formed part of the 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 se…