Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens
With the recent publication of Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens: A Life in Pictures, more indelible images emerge like this one taken of little Edie in East Hampton, 1951. The tome released by the estate is the first ever family sponsored book of photographs (many never before published), poetry and writings exclusively of and about this extraordinarily iconic woman.
Past post: Grey Gardens: Riches to Rags
Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens
A Life in Pictures
Verlhac Editions
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I love the hat, the dress, the accent of green at her throat. But best, I love her stance. Regal but without artifice.
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Winston Churchill Memorial and Library » Blog Archive » Christine Ebersole said this on 07/10/09 at 04:07:54 |
The everpresent cat was already making a home at Grey Gardens in 1951.
By the way, does anyone know the origin of the name of the estate?
I had a thought, probably from something I read, that the name Grey Gardens had to do
with the fog coming in from the sea and the misty light it cast on the grounds of the
property but I don’t say that with any real certainty or conviction.
Any ideas readers?
Mrs Robert Hill, renowned horticulturist who planted the Wall Garden before the Beales bought it, said a favorite bloom wouldn’t grow there because of the storms every autumn, and named it that