Peter Beard

a unique diptych, comprising 2 half-tone double-printed gravures, the first titled and dated and the second signed in the plate, signed, titled, dated, and inscribed 'For Janique Ulrika, October 21st, 1994, Many Happy Returns of the Day and Inestimables Always from Your Peter Beard @The Time Is Always Now' and extensively annotated and illustrated in colored inks, and with blood and collage elements, framed, 1977, created in 1994 (Stress and Density, pp. 130-31, another print)

This photograph has not been viewed out of its framed, but it appears to be in excellent condition. The ink drawings and annotations are extensive, with commentary for almost every page spread. The collage elements are: a small color photograph of Peter Beard, a crushed beverage can, a leaf, a salt packet, a matchbook, and several newspaper clippings.
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The dedication is to Janique Svedberg, former vocalist for Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and manager and partner in The Time Is Always Now, the New York gallery that represented Peter Beard in the 1990s.