Peter Beard (1938-2020)

Out of Africa, 1965-1997 Silver print, gouache, watercolour and collage. Signed, dated and titled. Gelatin silver print with archival pigment print collage, paper ephemera, watercolor, gouache and colored inks. Signed, titled and dated. H_88 cm W_125 cm Provenance: private collection Bibliography: Nejma Beard (ed.), Peter Beard, Taschen, Cologne, 2013 Peter Beard Peter Beard is a contemporary American photographer known for his documentary images of Africa grouped in collages combining painting, drawing and text. Both documentary and activist, Beard's work captures the plight of a continent succumbing to industrialization. "The wild side is gone," he says, "and we can't predict it. We're going to suffer for it." Born on January 22, 1938 in New York, the artist studied art history at Yale University with the famous abstract painter Josef Albers. After moving to Africa in the 1960s, Beard began documenting the disappearance of elephants and rhinos in Kenya's Tsavo National Park. His career has allowed him to collaborate with Andy Warhol, Richard Linder, Francis Bacon and others, while continuing to work on commercial projects. Beard lives and works between New York, Montauk and Nairobi, Kenya.