They’re back here, in New York.īEATON: And what do they make of New York.įRANKFURT: The boys, they love New York. The children and I walked by your beautiful windows at least once a day.īEATON: Are the children at school there now?įRANKFURT: No. I spent the summer there with my children.īEATON: Why didn’t you come and visit me?įRANKFURT: I suppose I was shy. So three years ago I had to give up the house in town.įRANKFURT: I remember that house in London. I actually preferred living in London, but it’s too expensive and too hectic. It has a big sitting room and beautiful gardens. It was a hunting lodge for the Earl of Salisbury done in the Palladian style. GREEN: It’s in a tiny village, 16th- or 17th-century.īEATON: 17th. But Sam says you have the most beautiful country house. When are you going back to England, Cecil?įRANKFURT: So soon. I like the hair on top of her head.įRANKFURT: And I would like to change the subject. GREEN: Let’s put flowers on the top of her head.īEATON: No. It usually doesn’t go with the rest of the soignée.īEATON: I like everything, especially that head of hair. He thinks it looks terrible.īEATON: What’s the matter with your hair? You look pre-Raphaelite.įRANKFURT: Oh Sam thinks… I don’t know. SAM GREEN: Wouldn’t it have been wonderful if Suzie had come down for a few days while you were there? She’s so beautiful.įRANKFURT: Oh no. SUZIE FRANKFURT: Oh, Cecil, you look so well. Cast of characters: Sir Cecil Beaton, Samuel Adams Green, Suzie Frankfurt. The Cecil Beaton Suite at the Pierre Hotel, February 24. The casual, up-close conversation covers everything from his house hunting habits to Saturday Night Fever, his famed career, travels, and the beautiful subjects of his photographs. Much like the book, the interview finds him in an intimate setting: his suite at the Pierre Hotel in New York just two years before his death. In honor of the publication of Cecil Beaton at Home, we’re reprinting Beaton’s feature in the April 1978 issue of Interview. For Beaton devotees and lovers of all things design, it’s a unique and illuminative glimpse at the artistic inspirations and everyday realities of the CBE.

A visual and literary portrait written and curated by Andrew Ginger, Cecil Beaton at Home: An Interior Life reveals the artist’s passions, tastes, and personal lifestyle through the extravagance of his private country residences. Rizzoli recently published an intimate look at the fascinating “interior life” life of a 20th Century Renaissance man: photographer, designer, playwright, and diarist Sir Cecil Beaton. ABOVE: SAM GREEN, CECIL BEATON, AND SUZIE FRANKFURT IN THE DRAWING ROOM OF THE SUITE CECIL BEATON HAS DECORATED AT THE PIERRE HOTEL.

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