15. Des Howard
The Beekeeper - Edmund Hillary, circa 1952
Original unique photograph
24 x 18.5 cm
Signed and inscribed verso
est. $800 - 1,200
Fetched $1,000
Relative Size: The Beekeeper - Edmund Hillary, circa 1952
Relative size

Provenance: Howard Family Collection.

Photo taken in the early 1950s when my father lived in Papakura. Ed and his brother Rex owned the adjacent house at the time. This is the only image in existence as the negatives were destroyed in a flood at the our property in the 1960s. Frank Howard, artist's son. Des Howard was a professional photographer from Auckland.

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