Lot Essay
Only 50 years ago man had to be protected from the beasts; today the beasts must somehow be protected from man. –Peter Beard
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Elephant Family at Night at a salt lick, Aberdare Forest, 1972/2009
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PETER BEARD (B. 1938)
Elephant Family at Night at a salt lick, Aberdare Forest, 1972/2009
gelatin silver print with watercolor, gouache, colored inks, with drawings on the border by The Hog Ranch Art Department, printed 2009
signed, dated and inscribed 'Thousands of years ago, when waved green and cool the mighty leaves whose impress is now and then found in coal, fathoms below the earth’s present surface; when indeed what are now grim coalfields, the lurking places of the Darkness that may be felt and of deadly gases hungering for flame, were broad forests, mellow and blooming, the Elephant was common all o’er the world." (James Greenwood/Wild Sports of the World, 1864)' and '*as seen in The End of the Game/…"nor Dread nor hope attend” / c/o Warden F.W. Woodley / P.O. Box 22 Nyeri, Kenya' in ink (recto)
image: 45 x 66 1/2 in. (114.3 x 168.9 cm.)
sheet: 54 3/4 x 76 1/2 in. (139.1 x 194.3 cm.)
This is a unique work.
Elephant Family at Night at a salt lick, Aberdare Forest, 1972/2009
gelatin silver print with watercolor, gouache, colored inks, with drawings on the border by The Hog Ranch Art Department, printed 2009
signed, dated and inscribed 'Thousands of years ago, when waved green and cool the mighty leaves whose impress is now and then found in coal, fathoms below the earth’s present surface; when indeed what are now grim coalfields, the lurking places of the Darkness that may be felt and of deadly gases hungering for flame, were broad forests, mellow and blooming, the Elephant was common all o’er the world." (James Greenwood/Wild Sports of the World, 1864)' and '*as seen in The End of the Game/…"nor Dread nor hope attend” / c/o Warden F.W. Woodley / P.O. Box 22 Nyeri, Kenya' in ink (recto)
image: 45 x 66 1/2 in. (114.3 x 168.9 cm.)
sheet: 54 3/4 x 76 1/2 in. (139.1 x 194.3 cm.)
This is a unique work.
Provenance
Peter Beard Studio, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner.
acquired from the above by the present owner.
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Rebecca Jones