Lot 127 · Photographs
Tricky Dick Nixon at Yale on the old campus, 1960
Peter Beard · Polaroid print with applied blood and ink
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- Estimate
- $6,000–$8,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs, New York · 6 October 2021
- Dimensions
- image/sheet: 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (14.6 x 10.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3518181
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Peter Beard, Tricky Dick Nixon at Yale on the old campus, 1960. Christie's, 6 Oct 2021, lot 127. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3518181.
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Peter Beard, Tricky Dick Nixon at Yale on the old campus, 1960. Christie's, 6 Oct 2021, lot 127. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3518181.
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