Lot 155 · Photographs
Orphaned Cheetah Cubs (Last Word from Paradise), Mweiga Park Headquarters, near Nyeri, Kenya, 1968 and Beside the carcass of a beast, 1909
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- Estimate
- $30,000–$50,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Phillips — Photographs, New York · 9 April 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-245419
- Record
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Peter Beard, Orphaned Cheetah Cubs (Last Word from Paradise), Mweiga Park Headquarters, near Nyeri, Kenya, 1968 and Beside the carcass of a beast, 1909. Phillips, 9 Apr 2018, lot 155. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-245419.
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Peter Beard, Orphaned Cheetah Cubs (Last Word from Paradise), Mweiga Park Headquarters, near Nyeri, Kenya, 1968 and Beside the carcass of a beast, 1909. Phillips, 9 Apr 2018, lot 155. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-245419.
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