Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya, 1960

成交價美元 87,500

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美元 70,000 – 美元 90,000

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PETER BEARD (B. 1938)

Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya, 1960

成交價美元 87,500

細明拍品專文

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

Bowermaster, The Adventures and Misadventures of Peter Beard in Africa, Little, Brown and Co., 1993, pp. 34-35, variant; Beard, The End of the Game, Doubleday/Dolphin, 1977, n.p., reversed

Please note the print date for this lot is 1977, not 1997.

拍品專文

This magnificent work was included in the International Center of Photography's exhibition, , 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.