BEARD PETER (1938 ) Karen Blixen in Rungstedlund Denmark

Sale 2325 - Lot 226

Price Realized: $ 5,500

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000

BEARD, PETER (1938- )
Karen Blixen in Rungstedlund, Denmark. Silver print, 9 3/8x6 3/4 inches (23.8x17.1 cm.), with Beard's signature, date, and extended caption, in blood (?) and white ink, as well as an applied wipe, in the same pigment; framed, with a Time Is Now label and hand stamp. 1961; printed later

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The caption reads, "'What business had I, ever, to set my heart on Africa?' / Karen Blixen (from Out of Africa) / Rungstedlund / Denmark Dec. 3rd, 1961 / (one of her last portraits)." The caption finishes with Beard's signature and address, in Kenya. The bottom edge of the image reads, in white ink, "for The End of the Game/Last Word From Paradise."