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Elizabeth Taylor, The Proust Ball 1971

Posted by
Phil Morris (Saskatoon, Toronto, NYC, Canada) on 12 October 2020 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

The Proust Ball, thrown in honor of the 100th anniversary of Marcel Proust’s birth in 1971, might be considered Marie-Helene de Rothschild’s greatest triumph. Around 350 guests attended the party and during the era's most paparazzi chased celebrities were the Burtons. Conde Nast publications hired Cecil Beaton to photograph, especially the Burtons even though Beaton hated them. Luckily since Beaton was getting no good photos, Elizabeth Taylor went into a pensive pose and got the photo of the night of her and Burton. Sir Cecil Beaton made a rather fool of himself and was as petty a person as they come. The Burtons were still buying some of the worlds most expensive jewellery and yet they still later donated the sale of the Krupp diamond to benefit a hospital in Botswana. I redid this photo and created a background in the small area Beaton had to photograph in. I put in rather a large photo by attribution, as so many of my photos have been circulated by other companies on the internet.

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What a job !!!!!

12 Oct 2020 6:43am

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Beautiful work

12 Oct 2020 6:58am

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You're An ARTIST,Boss !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a Creation !!!!! Superb,Phil' ...

12 Oct 2020 9:17am

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Your work is just magnificent and a pleasure to look at and admire.

12 Oct 2020 10:35am

Steven from Chicagoland, United States

An interesting story behind this beautiful coloring creation!

12 Oct 2020 12:02pm

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12 Oct 2020 2:09pm

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bien ces couleurs

12 Oct 2020 2:41pm

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Lovely portrait & colors.

12 Oct 2020 8:16pm

Steve Rice from Olympia, United States

Dramatic and beautiful work, Phil.

17 Oct 2020 8:16pm

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11 Jan 2022 8:45am

Elaine Hancock from Olney, United States

This is absolutely gorgeous! The colors are superb. I can imagine all of the time and work that went into putting color into this image. Such an elegant image. 5*

27 Aug 2022 7:24pm

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Phil, I look daily o see if you have anything to share. I saw you left a comment on Steve's photo so I had to come by and ask how are you and tell you how much I miss you.

29 Aug 2022 12:48pm

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I hope you are well. thinking of you

3 Feb 2023 2:42pm

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Still thinking of you

23 Feb 2024 2:35pm