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Peter Beard
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description
- Peter Beard
- 'GIRAFFES IN MIRAGE ON THE TARU DESERT, KENYA, JUNE 1960 FOR THE END OF THE GAME'
- gelatin silver print
mural-sized, signed, titled, dated, and annotated in ink on the image, framed, 1960, printed later
Literature
Peter Beard, The End of the Game: Last Word from Paradise (San Francisco, 1988), pp. 50-51
Nejma Beard and David Fahey, eds., Peter Beard, Vol. I (Köln, 2008), p. 237
Adventures and Misadventures (Boston, 1993), pp. 34-35
Peter Beard (London, 2008), pl. 31
Condition
This very large print has not been viewed out of its frame. It appears to be in generally excellent condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The annotation reads,
'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 garbs, draperies of morning mist and mirage (Karen Blixen from Out of Africa).'