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Edith Bouvier Beale of GREY GARDENS
90th Birthday Celebrated with New Book Release:
"Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures"
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Edith Bouvier Beale (1917-2002) is best known for her appearance in the critically acclaimed 1976 documentary Grey Gardens. The film, now available on DVD, inspired Grey Gardens, The Musical, which opened on Broadway November 2, 2006. The show was nominated for 10 Tony Awards in 2007, and won 3 prizes including one for Best Actress Christine Ebersole in the role of Edith Bouvier Beale.
Fashion designers Philip Lim and John Galliano recently paid tribute to Edith Bouvier Beale on the runways of Paris. The filming of the up-coming HBO movie starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lang began last month in Toronto, and a rare interview with Edie has just been released on CD.
"This is without a doubt, the year of Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale." This special day -- November 7th, 2007 - would have marked her 90th birthday. It is with great pride that we launch this book:
"Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures"
in tribute to Edith Bouvier Beale," said her nephew Bouvier Beale, Jr.
Who was this woman who appeared in Grey Gardens aside from being the first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill? Who really was this woman of mystery at the center of attention when her East Hampton estate was raided back in the early 1970's for insanity health conditions?
In her journal of 1928, Eva Marie Beale creator of this project said that Edith Bouvier Beale wrote a title as follows "Edith Beale, the celebrated poet, author, and artist." Now, in the new book "Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures" (Verlhac Editions ���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ 192 pages, US$59.00, www.edithbouvierbealeofgreygardens.com) Verlhac Editions and Eva Marie Beale have teamed up with the Estate of Edith Bouvier Beale and her family to present this first ever family-sponsored book about Edith Bouvier Beale .
The Life in Pictures book series designed and edited by Verlhac Editions have included John Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Kennedy Jr, Pope John Paul II, Grace Kelly, Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Herbert von Karajan, and now Edith Bouvier Beale. She would have been pleased to be among this group of celebrated individuals.
"Edith Bouvier Beale (also known as 'Little Edie') was born on the day the Bolsheviks stormed the Winter Palace of the Tsar of Russia, which initiated the biggest and most far reaching revolution of the Twentieth Century. This seems an apt metaphor and an appropriate starting point for the life of this extraordinary American woman" writes Bouvier Beale, Jr. in the introduction to this book.
Foreworded by Peter Beard, "Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures" features poetry, unpublished photos of Little Edie with her mother and father, her brothers Phelan (Phe) Beale and Bouvier (Buddy) Beale.
The book "Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens, A Life in Pictures" can be pre-ordered now for this first print edition by visiting the website www.edithbouvierbealeofgreygardens.com.
Also coming soon is the company "Grey Gardens Collections" a company created by Eva Marie Beale featuring goods inspired by Edith Bouvier Beale. For more information visit www.greygardenscollections.com
Title: EDITH BOUVIER BEALE OF GREY GARDENS, A LIFE IN PICTURES
Edited by: ANNE VERLHAC
Foreword: PETER BEARD
Introductory essay: BOUVIER BEALE, Jr.
Based on an original idea of: EVA MARIE BEALE
Publication Date: December 1, 2007
Price: USD 59.00
Pages: 192, hardback with dust jacket
www.edithbouvierbealeofgreygardens.com