Peter Beard - Photographs London Thursday, November 5, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Europe

  • Literature

    A. Graham, P. Beard, Eyelids of Morning: The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men, Chronicle Books, 1990, pp. 202-203
    Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits, Arena Editions, 1999, pp. 194-195, for a variant
    Peter Beard, Taschen, 2008, pl. 195, 258, for variants

  • Catalogue Essay

    Titles include: (i) Starvo, 1972-1974; (ii) Ele in front of Kilimanjaro, 1964; They make a desert and call it peace, n.d.; Untitled, 1984; Starvo, n.d.; (iii) "Ritz" Safaris - With The Peace Corpse/ Homage to the Peace Corps, 1965

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Selected Images

1964-1984
Nine gelatin silver prints with ink, presented as three collaged works, all printed later.
(i) overall 17.7 x 35.3 cm (6 7/8 x 13 7/8 in.)
(ii) overall 43.9 x 16.5 cm (17 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
(iii) overall 35.7 x 25.2 cm (14 x 9 7/8 in.)

Each variously signed, titled, dated and annotated in ink on the recto; each signed in ink and copyright credit reproduction limitation stamp within the Peter Beard Studio stamp on the verso.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Contact Specialist
Lou Proud
Head of Photographs
London
+ 44 207 318 4018

Photographs

London Auction 6 November 2015 2pm