"Persona Grata" BEATON, Cecil and TYNAN, Kenneth Esquire Radical Chic: Avant-garde aesthetics embraced

Radical Chic: Avant-garde aesthetics embraced by the counterculture

The Diamond Smugglers is one of two non-fiction books he wrote

Sz: 8 1/2"L x 8"H

Black and white party pictures from the years Colacello wrote the "Out" column for Warhol's Interview Magazine

Privately printed in Japan w/ colorful iconic textile graphics in the original slipcase

"Persona Grata" BEATON, Cecil and TYNAN, Kenneth Esquire Radical Chic: Avant-garde aesthetics embracedG. P. Putnam's Sons 1954 [99] pp. An amusing alphabetical anthology of 100 living people admired by the two contributors. Cecil Beaton provided the photographs and book design, including the dust jacket; Kenneth Tynan, the theatre critic, provided the text. Under B there is John Betjeman, Richard Burton, Balenciaga and Francis Bacon, G hosts Greta Garbo, Judy Garland and John Gielgud, whilst S features Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell.