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Jan 28, 2010

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Beresford Egan (1905-1984)
Hailed as one of the few truly original British exponents of art déco, Beresford Egan was an essential element of bohemian London for over fifty years.
Egan produced illustrations for the Fleurs du Mal of Beaudelaire, for a volume about de Sade, and for Pierre Louÿs’s Aphrodite and King Pausole. He also designed the original jacket illustration for Aleister Crowley’s Moonchild.

Beresford Egan (1905-1984)

Hailed as one of the few truly original British exponents of art déco, Beresford Egan was an essential element of bohemian London for over fifty years.

Egan produced illustrations for the Fleurs du Mal of Beaudelaire, for a volume about de Sade, and for Pierre Louÿs’s Aphrodite and King Pausole. He also designed the original jacket illustration for Aleister Crowley’s Moonchild.

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