Contemporary Photographs
Contemporary Photographs
PETER BEARD | HUNTING CHEETAHS, TARU DESERT, KENYA, JUNE 1960
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October 1, 02:07 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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PETER BEARD
1938-2020
HUNTING CHEETAHS, TARU DESERT, KENYA, JUNE 1960
a unique object, gelatin silver print, 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, 1960, assembled circa 1988
overall: 20 by 23⅞ in. (50.8 by 60.6 cm.)
Gift of the photographer to the present owner, 1988
Peter Beard, The End of the Game (New York, 1977), pp. 130-31