Peter Beard

a unique mural-sized object, chromogenic print, signed and annotated '@ Church Estate Montauk Point' in white ink, and with a profusion of collage, including 18 photographs captioned in white ink, snakeskin, partial crab claw, starfish, bullet casings, feathers, skate egg sacs, a rubber insect, and a newspaper headline, framed, 1996

Acquired from The Time Is Always Now, New York, circa 1997

This mural-sized print, with many collaged photographic images and three-dimensional elements, appears to be in excellent condition. There is waviness in the print, which is expected for a print of its size and with so many collaged elements. Because of its large size, it has not been removed from its original specified frame for closer examination. There is a Time Is Always Now, New York, gallery label on the reverse of the frame. The collaged photographs have been captioned by the photographer as follows: Carl Akeley Denys Finch-Hatton and His gypsy-moth Wa-kikuyu by Bror Blixen Arthur Neumann's ivory from one day, c. 1898 Cape Buffalo by D. F.-H. Philip Percival's Rhino (Kenya 1928) Denis F-H, Karen Blixen, 1927, Nyong Hills Arthur Neumann Leni Riefenstahl My Burned Windmill as the NYC skyline, July 1997 @ the 20th anniversary picnic, July 28-9, '97 K. B. (Karen Blixen) at Karen House Kamante Gatur, 1975, at Karen Blixen's grave, Rungstedlund while plugging his 'Longing for Darkness' Karen Blixen with Farah and Rhino [circa 1921] photo by Thomas Dinesen Farah and Tumbo Karen Blixen, Kenya circa 1921 (photo by Thomas Dineson) and found with him 1968 @Levback, Jutland, DK
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