Lot 50 · Into Africa: Photographs by Peter Beard
A dead partridge hanging from a nail with two other dead birds in a painted niche, a butterfly nearby
Ottmar Elliger II · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- €4,000–€6,000 hammer ≈ $5,950–$8,924
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Into Africa: Photographs by Peter Beard, New York · 26 February 2008
- Dimensions
- 61.4 x 52.2 cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5478242
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ottmar Elliger II, A dead partridge hanging from a nail with two other dead birds in a painted niche, a butterfly nearby. Christie's, 26 Feb 2008, lot 50. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5478242.
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Ottmar Elliger II, A dead partridge hanging from a nail with two other dead birds in a painted niche, a butterfly nearby. Christie's, 26 Feb 2008, lot 50. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5478242.
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