Artist:
Peter Beard
Artwork:
Hog Ranch Front Lawn, Night Feeder (2:00 Am) With Maureen Gallagher & Mbuno, Feb. 1987
Size:
128 x 181.3 cm
Edition Size:
n/a
Medium:
Photographic print, a unique object, mural-sized
Creation year:
1987
Category:
Photography
Sotheby's New York
Date:
2018-04-10
Lot Number:
45
Low Estimate:
$200000
[+0%]
High Estimate:
$300000
[-33%]
Hammer Price:
$200000
Sold For:
$250000
Notes:
Signed, titled, dated, annotated 'Peter Beard, Hog Ranch, Box 47616, Nairobi, Kenya,' and inscribed with a passage from Joseph Conrad by the photographer in black, white, and red inks on the image, and with drawings of insects and animals, blood, and collage elements: a box of matches; a leaf; a photo strip of 3 images of a baby mountain gorilla; half-tone reproductions of a red sweater, Peter Beard photographs of animals, and a self-portrait with a crocodile annotated 'I'll write whenever I can' by the photographer in ink, framed, printed and assembled in the 1990s