Rhinoceros at Ngorongoro
細節
Robert Bateman (b.1930), Canadian
Rhinoceros at Ngorongoro
signed 'Robert Bateman' and inscribed and dated on the reverse 'Rhinoceros at Ngorongoro/R.Bateman 1974';
acrylic on board
29½ x 47½in. (75.5 x 121cm.)
Rhinoceros at Ngorongoro
signed 'Robert Bateman' and inscribed and dated on the reverse 'Rhinoceros at Ngorongoro/R.Bateman 1974';
acrylic on board
29½ x 47½in. (75.5 x 121cm.)
來源
P. J. Herbert and thence by decent to the present owner
展覽
Washington, The Smithsoniann Institute, Robert Bateman, 1987
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The painting was reproduced by Mill Pond Press as a limited edition print to raise money for rhino conservation.
"The great plains of East Africa are a microcosm of the way the world was before man came. The Masai and other warlike, cattle herding tribes kept the farmers out of this wildlife paradise for thousands of years. The colonial powers discovered this Garden of Eden in the 19th Century and protected it in the form of parks and game reserves.
Ngoro Ngoro Crater is a microcosm within the microcosm. It is an almost perfect miniature of the great African game country. The high crater rim of this extinct volcano is cold and wet and densely forested, providing a barrier to most interchange of wildlife. The species that live there have been there since prehistoric times in a kind of fishbowl environment that is perfectly balanced. There are lions and cheetahs and hyenas that prey on the antelope and zebra. Within a few square miles, you can see most of the wildlife that can be seen in all of East Africa.
I have shown this rhinoceros moving up the slope with a view of the crater in the background. If you look carefully, you can see dozens of wildebeests on the crater floor."
"The great plains of East Africa are a microcosm of the way the world was before man came. The Masai and other warlike, cattle herding tribes kept the farmers out of this wildlife paradise for thousands of years. The colonial powers discovered this Garden of Eden in the 19th Century and protected it in the form of parks and game reserves.
Ngoro Ngoro Crater is a microcosm within the microcosm. It is an almost perfect miniature of the great African game country. The high crater rim of this extinct volcano is cold and wet and densely forested, providing a barrier to most interchange of wildlife. The species that live there have been there since prehistoric times in a kind of fishbowl environment that is perfectly balanced. There are lions and cheetahs and hyenas that prey on the antelope and zebra. Within a few square miles, you can see most of the wildlife that can be seen in all of East Africa.
I have shown this rhinoceros moving up the slope with a view of the crater in the background. If you look carefully, you can see dozens of wildebeests on the crater floor."