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Mitchell Funk
Elephants with tusks in Mexico, Life Magazine

1980

$64,000
£48,669.18
€56,137.54
CA$89,652.29
A$100,338.62
CHF 52,392.42
MX$1,224,137.09
NOK 665,053.06
SEK 631,094.40
DKK 419,208.58
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About the Item

Done on assignment for Life Magazine, It was photographed outside Tampico Mexico. Elephants were transported to Mexico from for rehab after training in Oregon. The photographer and his assistant are lying at the feet of both elephants to get this unique extreme close up upward view. There is no digital manipulation in this work. Signed, dated, numbered lower right, recto 3/15, unframed, other sizes available, printed later, Printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper
  • Creator:
    Mitchell Funk (1950, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 60 in (152.4 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Signed and dated lower right, numbered on verso, 3/15, Unframed. Other sizes available, Printed later Print is delivered rolled. The paper comes from the factory rolled. Rolled is the papers original state.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38535127841

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