Photographs
Photographs
Peter Beard
'Hunting Cheetahs', Taru Desert, Kenya, June 1960
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May 20, 03:19 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Peter Beard
1938-2020
'Hunting Cheetahs', Taru Desert, Kenya, June 1960
A unique object, silver print, assembled circa 1988. Initialed, dated, annotated, and extensively inscribed in black ink, partial handprint and illustrations in ink and blood, and with a profusion of collage, including torn snapshots, halftones, dried leaves, an ointment tube, and a burnt match. Framed.
Overall 50.8 x 60.6 cm (20 x 23 7/8 in.)
A gift from the Artist to the present owner, 1988
Peter Beard, The End of the Game (New York, 1977), pp. 130-31