Private Sale
Peter Beard
The Elephant Portfolio
1960 - 1984
Selenium toned gelatin silver prints on paper
Edition 3 of 15
Price upon request
Description
Peter Beard (American, 1938-2020).
Portfolio with 15 selenium-toned gelatin silver prints.
Together with a title page, a two-page introduction by Romain Gary and the printed plate list/colophon, numbered 3/15 in ink.
Original photos created between 1960 and 1984.
Self-published, New York, 2008.
With the original half-Morocco clamshell box with "Peter Beard, Ele Portfolio" on a red leather label affixed to the recto and the original linen slipcase.
Three photos framed.
List of Photographs:
1. Life Cover, 1967 (framed)
2. Elephant’s Memory, 1972
3. Gardeners of Eden, 1984
4. Aberdare Forest Elephants, 1966
5. Elephants at Night, 1984
6. Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1984 (framed)
7. Tiva Lugga Tsavo North, 1965
8. Elephant and Eland at Kathamula on the Tiva Dry River, 1965
9. Elephant under Kilimanjaro, 1984 (framed)
10. Uganda Overpopulation with Alistair Graham for Wildlife Services, 1966
11. Reaching Elephant, 1960
12. “Starvo” 965 Elephants, 1976
13. Bull Elephant Demonstration, 1965
14. Rest in Peace, 1972-73
15. Elephant Embryo, 1966
Dimensions
Dimensions above reflect each sheet.
Each Image: Height 23.62 in. Width 15.5 in. (or the reverse)
Box: Height 31.87 in. Width 27.87 in. Depth 2.37 in.
Signature
Each image signed, dated and numbered 3/15 in black ink in the lower margin