Live Auction 2780Into Africa: Photographs by Peter Beard
PETER BEARD (B. 1938)
Lot 9

PETER BEARD (B. 1938)

Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya, 1960

Closed3 October 2013

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USD 87,500

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PETER BEARD (B. 1938)
Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya, 1960
unique gelatin silver print with affixed collaged elements, printed 1977
signed, titled, dated and extensively annotated in ink (on the recto); copyright credit stamp (on the verso)
image: 40¼ x 61in. (102.3 x 154.8cm.)
sheet: approximately 44 x 63in. (111.8 x 157.2cm.)

Gift from the artist

Specialist note

This magnificent work was included in the International Center of Photography's exhibition, Peter H. Beard: The End of the Game, held in 1977-1978. The show was ICP's first one-man show and Cornell Capa, the museum's director, gave Beard and noted designer Marvin Israel the entire building to work with. Please see lots 27 and 28 for ephemera from the exhibition.