PETER BEARD
PETER BEARD

'1968 Darajani and Mtito Andei', printed later

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PETER BEARD
'1968 Darajani and Mtito Andei', printed later
Gelatin silver print photomontage with applied photograph, straw, ink and blood, 24 x 16 in., titled, signed and dated in ink on image with additional text Ken Randall & son roping rhinos near Kikumbuliu, Darajani, Kenya (Hunting Block 28 + 29).. for release in Tsavo Park, soon to be renamed "Starvo" from overpopulation of elephants documented in The End of the Game last word from Paradise 1977 "They make a desert and call it peace." [Tacitus] "The ruined wood we used to know won't cry for retribution. The men who have destroyed it will accomplish its revenge." (Faulkner).
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Photo Poche, Peter Beard, plate 24 for an unaltered print from the same negative.

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