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"A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage." Karen Blixen
Peter Beard (b. 1938)
Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Dessert, Kenya, June 1960
Details
Peter Beard (b. 1938)
Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Dessert, Kenya, June 1960
gelatin silver print, printed later with paint, ink and blood handwork
annotated "A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage. Karen Blixen" (in the image); signed, titled, and dated with various annotations in ink (recto)
overall: 48 x 66 ¾ in. (122 x 169.5 cm.)
Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Dessert, Kenya, June 1960
gelatin silver print, printed later with paint, ink and blood handwork
annotated "A giraffe is so much a lady that one refrains from thinking of her legs, but remembers her as floating over the plains in long garb, draperies of morning mist her mirage. Karen Blixen" (in the image); signed, titled, and dated with various annotations in ink (recto)
overall: 48 x 66 ¾ in. (122 x 169.5 cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, London, King Street, 17 May 2006, lot 91;
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
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Elodie Morel