Provenance
The Time Is Always Now, New York, 1999
Christie's, Paris, 16 November 2013, Lot 301
Literature
J. Bowermaster, The Adventures and Misadventures Of Peter Beard In Africa, Boston: Little Brown, 1993, p. 35, variant
Peter Beard, Cologne: Taschen, 2013, pl. 237, variant

103

Peter Beard

Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert Kenya for the End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise

1960
Gelatin silver print with applied blood, ink and affixed gelatin silver prints, executed later.
42.8 x 60.1 cm (16 7/8 x 23 5/8 in.)
Signed, titled, dated and annotated in ink on the recto.

Estimate
£18,000 - 22,000 ‡

Sold for £22,500

Contact Specialist
Genevieve Janvrin
Co-Head of Photographs, Europe
+33 1 53 71 77 87

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Co-Head of Photographs, Europe
+44 20 7318 4098

Photographs

London Auction 1 November 2018

13
Mikhael Subotzky & Patrick Waterhouse
Windows, Ponte City
Estimate £60,000 - 80,000 ‡
Sold for £68,750
14
Mikhael Subotzky
Self-portrait (with the help of optometrist) R and L from Retinal Shift
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡
Sold for £27,500
15
Cristina de Middel
The Afronauts
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
Sold for £30,000
16
Alex Majoli
Scene #1350
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £13,000
17
Newsha Tavakolian
Untitled from Listen
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
Sold for £12,500
18
Jérôme Sessini
Rationing Store - La Havana from Cuba in Suspense
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
19
Norman Behrendt
Blueprint
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000
Sold for £25,000
20
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Hairstyles
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000
21
William Klein
Black traces + 4 yellow pastilles
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £30,000
22
Robert Heinecken
T.V. Network Newswomen Corresponding (Barbara Walters and Faith Daniels)
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £8,125
23
Robert Heinecken
Daytime Color TV Fantasy (4A, 23A, 10A)
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
24
Robert Heinecken
Selected Images
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
25
Irving Penn
Rag and Bone Man, London
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £73,750
26
Irving Penn
Coal Man, New York
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
Sold for £80,000
27
Irving Penn
Three Wines of France, New York
Estimate £50,000 - 70,000
Sold for £62,500
28
William Eggleston
Dust Bells Volume II
Estimate £80,000 - 120,000
Sold for £93,750
29
Desirée Dolron
Xteriors XII
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ♠
Sold for £37,500
30
Richard Learoyd
Jasmijn
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000 ‡♠
Sold for £27,500
31
Shirin Neshat
Stripped
Estimate £30,000 - 50,000 ‡
32
Shirin Neshat
Women of Allah
Estimate £40,000 - 60,000 ‡
33
Pieter Hugo
Jatto with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria from The Hyena & Other Men
Estimate £25,000 - 35,000
Sold for £32,500
34
Robin Rhode
Throw Away
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
35
Pablo López Luz
San Diego - Tijuana XI, Frontera USA-Mexico
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £11,875
36
Pablo Ortiz Monasterio
Volando Bajo, Mexico
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
Sold for £13,750
37
Marcos López
Tristes Tropicos
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
38
Facundo de Zuviría
Estampas de Buenos Aires
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
39
Nicolas Franco
Pink Romy from City of Women
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
Sold for £9,375
40
Anne Collier
Eye
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
41
Anne Collier
Woman With A Camera (Postcard, Verso Recto)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £18,750
42
Douglas Gordon
Self-Portrait of You and Me (Mia Farrow Diptych)
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ♠
Sold for £18,750
43
Alex Prager
3:22 pm, Coldwater Canyon; Eye #5 (Automobile Accident)
Estimate £15,000 - 25,000
44
Michael Reisch
Landschaft 9/001
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
45
Alec Soth
Falls 02
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
46
Elger Esser
115 Granville
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000 ‡♠
47
Elger Esser
Burano, Italien
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ♠
48
Ori Gersht
Untitled 22 from Time After Time: Exploding Flower & Other Matters
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ♠
Sold for £12,500
49
Daidō Moriyama
Stray Dog, Misawa
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £12,500
50
Nobuyoshi Araki
Colourscapes
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000
Sold for £32,500
51
Nobuyoshi Araki
Tokyo Comedy
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
52
Nobuyoshi Araki
Tokyo Comedy
Estimate £20,000 - 30,000 ‡
Sold for £25,000
53
David LaChapelle
After the Deluge: Museum
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
Sold for £27,500
54
David LaChapelle
What Was Paradise Is Now Hell, New York
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000
55
Guy Bourdin
Charles Jourdan
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡♠
Sold for £15,000
56
Helmut Newton
Diving Tower, Old Beach Hotel, Monte Carlo
Estimate £12,000 - 18,000
Sold for £13,750
57
Helmut Newton
Stern, St. Tropez
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,375
58
Helmut Newton
Karl Lagerfeld's 1st Chanel Haute Couture, Hollywood
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,750
59
Helmut Newton
George, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,375
60
Helmut Newton
Gunilla Bergström, Spiegel
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,250
61
Helmut Newton
Jenny Kapitän, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,375
62
Helmut Newton
Wibecke and her Mechanical Bear, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,375
63
Helmut Newton
Roxanne, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,875
64
Helmut Newton
Jane Kirby, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,000
65
Helmut Newton
Eva Wallen, Ramatuelle
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,000
66
Helmut Newton
Max Magazine, Villa d'Este, Lake Como
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,750
67
Helmut Newton
Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £4,375
68
Helmut Newton
Laurence Steele, Milan
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,250
69
Nobuyoshi Araki
20 Polaroids
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £10,000
70
Nobuyoshi Araki
20 Polaroids
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £11,250
71
Patrick Demarchelier
Three Polaroids
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
72
Andy Warhol
Karen Kaine, Diana Ross, Tina Chow
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £9,375
73
Rankin
Nine Polaroids
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
74
Rankin
Nine Polaroids
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
75
Paolo Roversi
Kirsten in Nero, London
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
76
Paolo Roversi
Guinevere for Italian Vogue, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £3,500
77
Carlo Mollino
Untitled
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £28,750
78
William Klein
Smoke + Veil, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
79
William Klein
Hat + 5 Roses, Paris (Vogue)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,375
80
William Klein
Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
81
Lillian Bassman
Across the Restaurant, Barbara Mullen, dress by Jacques Fath, Le Grand Véfour, Paris
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
82
Ormond Gigli
Girl in Light, New York City
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡
Sold for £5,000
83
Ormond Gigli
Girls in the Windows, New York City
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000 ‡
84
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Jean-Paul Sartre, Le Pont des Arts, Paris
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £9,375
85
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Aquila Degli Abruzzi, Italy
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡♠
Sold for £10,625
86
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Henri Matisse, Vence, France
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
87
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Sunday on the banks of the Seine
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
88
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Calle Cuauhtemoctzin, Mexico City
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠
89
Marc Riboud
The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £8,750
90
Josef Koudelka
Czechoslovakia
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
Sold for £11,875
91
Edward Weston
Nude
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
92
René Burri
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £8,125
93
André Kertész
Meudon
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £13,750
94
Robert Frank
Paris
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
95
Robert Frank
Belle Isle, Detroit
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £11,875
96
Francesca Woodman
Untitled, Providence, Rhode Island
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £15,000
97
Francesca Woodman
Untitled, Rome
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £6,250
98
Francesca Woodman
On Being An Angel #1, Providence, Rhode Island
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £13,750
99
Francesca Woodman
Providence, Rhode Island, from Space2
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
Sold for £21,250
100
Seydou Keïta
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
101
Seydou Keïta
Untitled
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £6,250
102
Malick Sidibé
Vue de Dos
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000 †
103
Peter Beard
Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert Kenya for the End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise
Estimate £18,000 - 22,000 ‡
Sold for £22,500
104
Sebastião Salgado
Herd of Buffalo, Kafue National Park, Zambia
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡♠
105
Steve McCurry
Blue City, Jodhpur, India
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000 ‡
Sold for £10,000
106
Steve McCurry
Taj and Train, India
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ‡
Sold for £9,375
107
Vera Lutter
Façade, Battersea Power Station, July 12
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ♠
Sold for £2,500
108
Vera Lutter
Bremer Vulkan, August 21
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ♠
Sold for £4,000
109
Abelardo Morell
Camera Obscura Image of the Brooklyn Bridge in Bedroom
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000 ‡
Sold for £8,750
110
Edward Burtynsky
Rock of Ages #2, Granite Quarry, Bebee Quebec, Canada
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000
111
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mike Miller; 24 years old; Allentown, Pennsylvania; $25
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000
Sold for £12,500
112
Nan Goldin
Kim in Rhinestones, Paris
Estimate £3,000 - 5,000
Sold for £10,625
113
Gregory Crewdson
Untitled from Twilight
Estimate £8,000 - 12,000
Sold for £10,000
114
Shirin Neshat
Faezeh
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000 ‡
Sold for £8,125
115
Bill Henson
Untitled
Estimate £10,000 - 15,000
116
Desirée Dolron
Christa from Gaze
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
Sold for £3,750
117
Yosuke Takeda
Stay Gold 144540 from Digital Flare
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £6,875
118
Risaku Suzuki
Untitled (N-22)
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000
Sold for £5,625
119
Nadav Kander
Diver, Salt Lake City, Utah
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000 ♠
120
Scarlett Hooft Graafland
Lemonade Igloo
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000 ‡♠
Sold for £4,750

Photographs

London Auction 1 November 2018

Provenance

Literature

103

Peter Beard

Giraffes in Mirage on the Taru Desert Kenya for the End of the Game/Last Word from Paradise

Photographs