icon - maria callas

photographed by cecil beaton, 1957.

with her royal HH manual typewriter.

with marilyn monroe at john f. kennedy's birthday gala, 1962.

chez elle à milan, 1958.

shouting at u.s. marshal pringle who was one of eight who attempted to serve her with two summonses at her farewell perormance in madame butterfly, chicago, 1956.

during the filming of pier paolo pasolini's medea, 1969.

movie poster for pier paolo pasolini's medea, 1969.

at the cannes film festival, 1960

photographed by erio piccagliani with luchino visconti répétant la vestale, 1950 

with aristotle onassis.

beyond.

with director pier paolo pasolini, september 1970.

at dinner with aristotle onassis.

farewell concert, london, 1973 - o mio babbino caro

"vowels are the inarticulate sounds of the heart. in consonants lie the meaning."

the real lee radziwill

lee radziwill in the living room of her apartment in paris, which she designed. photograph by françois halard & styled by carolina irving.

radziwill photographed by richard avedon in the library of her fifth avenue home, from her book ‘‘happy times’’.

her parents, john and janet lee bouvier, in southampton, y.y., in 1932.

radziwill at home with her daughter, tina, in a room designed by mongiardino in london in 1966. photographed by cecil beaton.

with her sister jacqueline at a debutante ball in 1951. photographed by cecil beaton.

with her ex-husband prince stanislas ‘‘stas’’ radziwill in 1967.

radziwill with her pug, thomas, photographed for vogue in 1960 by henry clarke.

a watercolor painting by radziwill in her new york apartment. photographed by eric boman.

with her great friend the ballet dancer rudolf nureyev in 1974.

in a cape and satin dress by nina ricci in 1962 during a photo shoot at an estate in paris. photographed by mark shaw.

a polaroid of radziwill taken by andy warhol in 1972.

radziwill with mick and bianca jagger in montauk, n.y., in 1972.

napping with her west highland terrier, whiz, in 1985.

with her ex-husband herbert ross at a giorgio armani party at the musée rodin in 1989.

walking with andy warhol and his dachshund in montauk in 1973.

in conca dei marini, italy, with her sister in 1962.

truman capote and radziwill from her book ‘‘happy times.’’ photographs by peter beard.

shopping with her daughter tina and jacqueline kennedy onassis in capri in 1970.

feeling happy and relieved in east hampton, n.y., after her son anthony’s wedding in 1994.

radziwill, today, in an azzedine alaïa jacket and her own earrings. photographed by mario sorrenti & styled by anastasia barbieri for the new york times t style magazine.

she's soooo impossibly chic!  

cecil beaton

paula gellibrand, 1928

ruth ford in schiaparelli, 1936

katharine hepburn, 1936

buster keaton, 1930

baba beaton, "symphony in silver", 1925

tallulah bankhead, 1927

greta garbo, 1947

jean cocteau a toulon, 1930

wallis simpson in schiaparelli's lobster print dress, chateau de candé, engagement photo, 1937.

mrs. macadoo, 1920s

nancy beaton holding daisy, age 17, 1926

rudolf hametovich nureyev, 1962

orson welles, 1937

marlene dietrich, 1932

marilyn monroe, 1956

lady ottoline morrell, 1927

gabrielle "coco" chanel, 1937

sylvia sidney, 1932

zita & teresa, the jungman twins, 1926

mick jagger, 1968

all photographs by cecil beaton.