Live Auction 12275Photographs
Peter Beard (b. 1938)
Lot 78 "A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage." Karen Blixen

Peter Beard (b. 1938)

Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Dessert, Kenya, June 1960

Closed20 May 2016

Price Realised

GBP 50,000

Considering selling a similar item?

Discover its value with a complimentary estimate from our specialists.

More Information

How to sell

Peter Beard (b. 1938)
Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Dessert, Kenya, June 1960
gelatin silver print, printed later with paint, ink and blood handwork
annotated "A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage. Karen Blixen" (in the image); signed, titled, and dated with various annotations in ink (recto)
overall: 48 x 66 ¾ in. (122 x 169.5 cm.)

Christie's, London, King Street, 17 May 2006, lot 91;
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London;
acquired from the above by the present owner.