Lot 74 · Photographs
756 elephants / Tsavo at the Mkomazi Border 1976 for The End of the Game / Last word from Paradise / …Destroyed social units in misery-likes company formation; Suffering over population, stress, heart disease, constipation + MISMANAGEMENT / (35,000-40,000 would die in this wasteland)
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- Estimate
- £60,000–£80,000 hammer ≈ $76,420–$101,893
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, London · 25 September 2020
- Record ID
- TB-2026-221061
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Peter Beard, 756 elephants / Tsavo at the Mkomazi Border 1976 for The End of the Game / Last word from Paradise / …Destroyed social units in misery-likes company formation; Suffering over population, stress, heart disease, constipation + MISMANAGEMENT / (35,000-40,000 would die in this wasteland). Phillips, 25 Sep 2020, lot 74. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-221061.
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Peter Beard, 756 elephants / Tsavo at the Mkomazi Border 1976 for The End of the Game / Last word from Paradise / …Destroyed social units in misery-likes company formation; Suffering over population, stress, heart disease, constipation + MISMANAGEMENT / (35,000-40,000 would die in this wasteland). Phillips, 25 Sep 2020, lot 74. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-221061.
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