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Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya by Peter Beard

Peter Beard

Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya, 1960

Toned gelatin silver print, printed later
111.8 x 167.6 cm (44 x 66 in)
Photographs
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, New York (02 Oct 2019)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Oct 2, 2019
Christie'sNew YorkPhotographs345
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Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert, Kenya
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Artwork Description
Category

photographs

Dimensions

111.8 x 167.6 cm (44 x 66 in)

Materials

toned gelatin silver print, printed later

Signature

signed, titled, dated and inscribed '"A Giraffe is so much a lady one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garbs, draperies of morning mist and mirage" Karen Blixen [from Out of Africa]' in ink (recto)

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist’s studio by the present owner.

Literature

Peter Beard, Taschen, Cologne, 2013, p. 631.

Description

toned gelatin silver print, printed later

signed, titled, dated and inscribed '"A Giraffe is so much a lady one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garbs, draperies of morning mist and mirage" Karen Blixen [from Out of Africa]' in ink (recto)

image: 44 x 66 in. (111.7 x 167.6 cm.)

sheet: 48 x 69 1/2 in. (121.9 x 176.5 cm.)

overall: 51 x 73 in. (129.5 x 185.4 cm.)