Lot 206
  • 206

Peter Beard

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Peter Beard
  • 'I'LL WRITE WHENEVER I CAN, LAKE RUDOLF'
  • Gelatin silver print with ink
a unique object, signed, titled, dated, and annotated 'Salaams' in ink and with blood and ink embellishment on the image, framed, 1965, printed later (Peter Beard, Vol I., pp. 380-81, variant)

Provenance

Acquired from The Time Is Always Now, New York, 1993

Condition

This print has not been viewed out of its frame. It appears to be in generally excellent condition. In raking light, a small crease that does not appear to break the emulsion is visible on the sitter's lower torso.
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