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Peter Beard

New York 1938 – 2020 Montauk, New York

„giraffes in mirage on the Taru desert, Kenya“. 1960

Gelatin silver print, 1990s. 21,6 × 32 cm (8 ½ × 12 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Peter Beard. „giraffes in mirage on the Taru desert, Kenya“. 1960.

Estimate:

EUR 10,000

 

- 15,000

USD 11,400

 

- 17,100

Sold for:

23,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

Modern and Contemporary Photographs, Wednesday, 01.06.2016

Information

Gelatin silver print, 1990s. 21,6 × 32 cm (8 ½ × 12 ⅝ in.). In the image lower right signed in black ink and annotated: „Karen Blixen's last caption from The End of the game. March '62 Rungsted, D.K.". In the image upper right in black and magenta coloured ink monogrammed, dated: „June 1960", titled and annotated: „for the End of the game". In the image upper left a contoured handprint in black and magenta coloured ink and white paint, upper right worked with black and magenta coloured ink. On the reverse of the frame the copyright stamp: „© Peter Beard c/o The Time is Always Now Inc. All rights reserved. Use of and/or reproduction of this image without the expressed written permission of Peter Beard or The Time is Always Now Inc. Is unlawful. All inquiries please call Peter Beard c/o The Time is Always Now Inc. At 476 Broome Street NYC, N.Y. 10013, Tel. 212 343-2211“, label of gallery „The Time is Always Now“ as well as further label with printed work information. Unique work. Original gallery frame (29 x 40,4 cm). Frame unopened

From the Gallery „The Time Is Always Now", New York, to the current owner

Peter Beard, The End of the Game, San Francisco 1988, p. 50–51 (mirror inverted ill.) / Peter Beard, ed. Centre National de la Photographie, Paris 1997, ill. 31 (variation) / Peter Beard, Die letzte Jagd, Cologne 2008, p. 50–51 (mirror inverted ill.)

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