Identity area
Reference code
Beaton/A/A1/519/14
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/A/A1/519/14
Title
Autograph letter signed to Beaton.
Date(s)
- 31 July 1950 (Creation)
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2p paper
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Scope and content
Thanks Beaton for sending the book. Discusses the drawings in it. Talks about some new work that he has done. Hopes to show it in Paris before going to New York. Discusses the modern world. "We are living at a point where all the old ideas were uprooted, but no new ideas planted". Asks Beaton what his plans are. Worries about the possibility of a new war. Talks about the London ballet. Will see Beaton here or in Paris in the fall.