Peter Beard - Elephant tussle in the Aberdare Forest (from the series: The End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise) - image-1

Lot 144 D

Peter Beard - Elephant tussle in the Aberdare Forest (from the series: The End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise)

Auction 1089 - overview Cologne
31.05.2017, 15:00 - Photography
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 9.920 € (incl. premium)
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Peter Beard

Elephant tussle in the Aberdare Forest (from the series: The End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise)
1972

Toned gelatin silver print, printed later. 105 x 86 cm. Signed, dated, titled and detailed information about the subject in ink in the margin lower left, handwritten citation of a text by Leonardo da Vinci lower right as well as handprint in red paint lower middle. Photographer's copyright as well as 'Stress & Density' exhibition stamps on the reverse of the frame. Unique work. - Small loss of paint (restored) in the lower middle. In artist's frame.

Provenance

Camera Work, Berlin (label affixed to the reverse of the frame); private collection, Northern Germany