Lot 27 · Photographs
15'9" crocodile on Ferguson's Gulf Spit; shot from the breakfast table while stalking Turkana totos (enfants), Nairobi, Kenya, March 1968
Peter Beard · unique gelatin silver print, in original frame, printed 1997
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- Estimate
- £12,000–£18,000 hammer ≈ $18,736–$28,105
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Photographs, London · 26 September 2002
- Dimensions
- image 15¾ x 23in. (40 x 58.4cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4423785
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Peter Beard, 15'9" crocodile on Ferguson's Gulf Spit; shot from the breakfast table while stalking Turkana totos (enfants), Nairobi, Kenya, March 1968. Christie's, 26 Sep 2002, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423785.
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Peter Beard, 15'9" crocodile on Ferguson's Gulf Spit; shot from the breakfast table while stalking Turkana totos (enfants), Nairobi, Kenya, March 1968. Christie's, 26 Sep 2002, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4423785.
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