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Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Dessert, Kenya, June 1960 by Peter Beard

Peter Beard

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

Gelatin silver print, ink and blood handwork
121.9 x 169.6 cm (48 x 66.75 in)
Photographs
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (20 May 2016)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 20, 2016
Christie'sLondonPhotographs78
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Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Dessert, Kenya, June 1960
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Artwork Description
Category

photographs

Dimensions

121.9 x 169.6 cm (48 x 66.75 in)

Materials

gelatin silver print, ink and blood handwork

Signature

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)

Provenance

Christie's, London, King Street, 17 May 2006, lot 91;

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London;

acquired from the above by the present owner.