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World-Class Black Rhino, Aberdare Forest, 1972
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PETER BEARD (B. 1938)
World-Class Black Rhino, Aberdare Forest, 1972
toned gelatin silver print, printed later
signed, titled, dated and inscribed '"I was up at a great height, upon the roof of the world, a small figure in the tremendous retort of earth and air yet one with it, I did not know that I was at the height and upon the roof of my own life." [Karen Blixen from Out of Africa]' in ink (recto)
image: 42 x 51 in. (106.7 x 129.5 cm.)
sheet: 47 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. (120.6 x 146 cm.)
overall: 50 1/2 x 59 1/2 in. (128.3 x 151.1 cm.)
World-Class Black Rhino, Aberdare Forest, 1972
toned gelatin silver print, printed later
signed, titled, dated and inscribed '"I was up at a great height, upon the roof of the world, a small figure in the tremendous retort of earth and air yet one with it, I did not know that I was at the height and upon the roof of my own life." [Karen Blixen from Out of Africa]' in ink (recto)
image: 42 x 51 in. (106.7 x 129.5 cm.)
sheet: 47 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. (120.6 x 146 cm.)
overall: 50 1/2 x 59 1/2 in. (128.3 x 151.1 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist’s studio by the present owner.
Literature
Peter Beard, Taschen, Cologne, 2013, p. 631.
Brought to you by
Shlomi Rabi