Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972) | Essay | The Metropolitan Museum of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
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Cristóbal Balenciaga in his studio at Avenue Marceau in Paris, late 1950s. Photograph by Cecil Beaton © Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby's copy - Smudgetikka
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