Description: WE WILL BE LISTING LOADS OF GORGEOUS RARE BOOKS & RECORDS & HOUSEWARES & LINENS & ACCESSORIES NEW AND VINTAGE! AUTHENTIC AND ORIGINAL RARE LIMITED DELUXE SLIPCASE BOX EDITION RARE HUGE OVERSIZED DELUXE EDITION IN A SLIPCASE BOX SLEEVE Peter Beard 2 VOL SET HARDCOVERS ON TASCHEN BOOKS Special features: Two volumes in a cloth slipcase Volume 1: 200 pages of diaries and 294 pages of collages + five fold-outs; introduction by photo critic Owen Edwards. Nearly all the diaries and collages from the original book are included, plus two new collages finished in 2007.Volume 2: Image index with captions for all images from Volume 1; personal photos and early work of the artist; interview with the artist by Steven M. L. Aronson; a facsimile reprint of Beards 1993 handwritten essay from the sold-out debut issue of Blind Spot magazine; extensive bibliography, filmography, and list of exhibitions. Text in English, French, and Spanish Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He was painted by Francis Bacon, painted on by Salvador Dalí, and made diaries with Andy Warhol; he toured with Truman Capote and the Rolling Stones, created books with Jacqueline Onassis and Mick Jagger - all of whom are brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. As a fashion photographer, he took Vogue stars like Veruschka to Africa and brought new ones - most notably Iman - back to the U.S. with him. Product descriptionHis love affair with natural history and wildlife, which informs most of his work, began when he was a teenager. He had read the books of Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) and after spending time in Kenya and befriending the author, bought a piece of land near hers. It was the early 1960s and the big game hunters led safaris, with all the colonial elements Beard had read about in Out of Africa characterizing the open life and landscape, but the times were changing. Beard witnessed the dawn of Kenyas population explosion, which challenged finite resources and stressed animal populations - including the starving elephants of Tsavo, dying by the tens of thousands in a wasteland of eaten trees. So he documented what he saw - with diaries, photographs, and collages. He went against the wind in publishing unique and sometimes shocking books of these works. The corpses were laid bare; the facts were carefully written down, sometimes in type, often by hand, occasionally with blood. Peter Beards most important collages are included, along with hundreds of smaller-scale works and diaries, magnified to show every detail - from Beards meticulous handwriting and old-masters-inspired drawings to stones and bones and bits of animals pasted to the page. Product details Publisher : Taschen America Llc; First Edition (December 1, 2008) Language : English, French, German Hardcover : 784 pages ISBN-10 : 383650877X ISBN-13 : 978-3836508773 Item Weight : 10.12 pounds Dimensions : 9 x 3.25 x 13 inches GORGEOUS OVERSIZED MONOGRAPH BOOK PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER RARE DELUXE AND COLLECTIBLE BOOKS & RECORDS....LITERALLY HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS TO LIST.....WILL I LIVE THAT LONG????
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Binding: HUGE OVERSIZED HARDCOVERS DELUXE EDITION IN A SLIPCASE BOX SLEEVE
Language: Text in English, French, and Spanish
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Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Luxury Edition, RARE LIMITED DELUXE SLIPCASE BOX EDITION, LARGE OVERSIZED
Author: Nejma Beard (Editor), David Fahey (Editor), Ruth Ansel
Publisher: Taschen America Llc
Topic: PETER BEARD natural history wildlife africa safari photography
Subject: PETER BEARD natural history wildlife africa safari photography
Original/Facsimile: Original
