Tsavo North 150 – 160 lbs. on the Athi Tiva nr. Block 33, for 'The End of the Game', February 1965

Peter Beard (1938-2020)
Tsavo North 150 – 160 lbs. on the Athi Tiva nr. Block 33, for 'The End of the Game', February 1965
tirage argentique postérieur avec collages de photographies
signé, titré et daté à l'encre 'Tsavo North 1965 (february) 150-160 lbs on the Athi Tiva nr. Block 33 / for The End fo the Game. Peter Beard. Box 47616 Nairobi' (sur l'image) et inscriptions à l'encre blanche 'All the animals languish, the woods fall in ruin filling the air with lamentations, the mountains are torn open to carry away the metals that are found there - But how can I speak of anything more wicked than men who raise hymns of praise to heaven for those who, with greater zeal, have injured their country and the Human Race. Leonardo Da Vinci 1490' (dans la marge)
image: 104 x 153.5 cm.
feuille: 105.5 x 176 cm.
Cette œuvre est unique.

gelatin silver print, printed later with collages of photographs
signed, titled and dated in ink 'Tsavo North 1965 (february) 150-160 lbs on the Athi Tiva nr. Block 33 / for The End fo the Game. Peter Beard. Box 47616 Nairobi' (on the image) and inscribed in white ink 'All the animals languish, the woods fall in ruin filling the air with lamentations, the mountains are torn open to carry away the metals that are found there - But how can I speak of anything more wicked than men who raise hymns of praise to heaven for those who, with greater zeal, have injured their country and the Human Race. Leonardo Da Vinci 1490' (in the margin)
image: 41 x 60³⁄₈ in.
sheet: 41.4/8 x 69.2/8 in.
This work is unique.

The Time is Always Now, New York
Collection privée, États-Unis
Christie's, New York, Photographs, 3 juin 2020, lot 252
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel

Jon Bowermaster, The Adventures and Misadventures of Peter Beard in Africa, Boston, 1993, (variante illustrée p. 136).
Peter Beard, Zara's Tales from Hog Ranch: Perilous Escapes in Equatorial Africa, New York, 2004 (variante illustrée p. 159).