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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Spitting Cobra, Tsavo, June
Peter Beard (American, 1938–2020) · 1960
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Unique work, comprising a gelatin silver print with ink, paint and a feather, executed later”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and extensively annotated in ink on the recto
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 38.3 x 58.4 cm (15 1/8 x 22 7/8 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (UK040224)
- Date
- November 21, 2024
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 74
- Estimate
- £10,000 – £15,000 (≈ $12,640 – $18,960) (≈ €12,008 – €18,013)
- 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 © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Combien pour ce chapeau? (Combien pour ce chapeau?, Musée Jules Verne, Nantes, 1987, An Old Hat), 1987
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