Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Lenana's Grave, 1990
Photograph · Paper
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 30, 2026$3,072 ≈ £2,294 ≈ €2,677Sign up free to see price
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I'll Write Whenever I Can, Koobi Fora, Lake Rudolf
Peter Beard (American, 1938–2020) · 1965
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print with ink, paint, drawings by the artists Kivoi Mathenge and E. Mwangi Kuria and an affixed empty cigarette pack, printed 1998”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040213)
- Date
- April 3, 2013
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 247
- Estimate
- $30,000 – $50,000 (≈ £19,841 – £33,069) (≈ €23,386 – €38,977)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Photo © Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) — view this lot on Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) ↗Lenana's Grave, 1990
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Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗'To Herb [Ritts] from Driftwood Cove, Montauk Point, Long Island, with Donyale Luna', 1977
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