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Peter Beard — Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru desert
Peter Beard

Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru desert

Peter Beard's 'Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru desert' employs acrylic on Polaroid, merging photography with painterly intervention. The work exemplifies Beard's distinctive approach to documenting African wildlife through hybrid media.

Medium
acrylic on polaroid
Spotted At
Auction House · Sotheby's

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Curated

April 6, 2021

Estimate: $6,000 – $8,000

Lot 68

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Peter Beard, Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru desert

Peter Beard's 'Hunting Cheetahs on the Taru desert' employs acrylic on Polaroid, merging photography with painterly intervention. The work exemplifies Beard's distinctive approach to documenting African wildlife through hybrid media.

Medium
acrylic on polaroid
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Bold, American, Cheetah, Mixed Media, Wildlife, Earth Tones, Desert Landscape, Contemporary, Natural World, Photography-based

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