Angus McBean (British, 1904-1990), Audrey Hepburn, 1951 © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd

Gelatin silver print, mounted on card. Signed and dated in ink on the mount. The reverse of mount inscribed by the photographer 'Copyright Angus McBean/The first published picture/of Audrey Hepburn-picked/out of a chorus line for/a beauty product ad 1951'. Printed 1980s. 24.9 x 20.1cm (9 13/16 x 7 15/16in). Estimate: £800 - 1,200, EUR 920 - 1,400

Literature: Pepper, T., Angus McBean: Portraits (London: National Portrait Gallery, 2006), p.88, plate 53
Woodhouse, A., Angus McBean (London: Quartet Books, 1982), plate 83

Bonhams. Photographs, 16 Nov 2010. New Bond Street www.bonhams.com