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Peter Beard
Ele Portfolio
Found at
Christies,
New York (Online Auction)
Photographs, Lot 125
21. Mar - 3. Apr 2024
Photographs, Lot 125
21. Mar - 3. Apr 2024
Estimate: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Price realised: XX.XXX
Description
PETER BEARD (1938–2020) Ele Portfolio New York: Peter Beard Studio, 2008. Portfolio of fifteen gelatin silver prints, printed by Steve Rifkin from the artist's original negatives; each signed, dated and numbered '6/15' and two titled in ink (margins); image sizes range from 8 x 23 5 ⁄ 8 in. (20.3 x 60 cm.) to 16 x 23 3 ⁄ 4 in. (40.6 x 60.3 cm.); each sheet 23 1 ⁄ 2 x 29 1 ⁄ 4 in. (59.6 x 74.2 cm.); together with title page, plate list and 'Dear Elephant Sir' essay insert by Romain Gary; number six from an edition of fifteen, plus two artist's proofs; enclosed in clamshell portfolio with gold lettering on spine and cover, 25 1 ⁄ 2 x 31 1 ⁄ 2 in. (64.7 x 80 cm.).
