Peter Beard
by Nejma Beard, Peter Beard , et al
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- ISBN 10
- 3836530880
- ISBN 13
- 9783836530880
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Taschen, 2013. 1st revised. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, 706 pages. 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 and painted on by Salvador Dalí, he made diaries with Andy Warhol and toured with Truman Capote and the Rolling Stones—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. After spending time in Kenya and striking up a friendship with the author Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) in the early 1960s, Beard bought a piece of land near hers. He witnessed the dawn of Kenya’s 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 carefully recorded, sometimes in type and often by hand. Beard uses his photographs as a canvas onto which he superimposes multi-layered contact sheets, ephemera, found objects, newspaper clippings that are elaborately embellished with meticulous handwriting, old-master inspired drawings and often swaths of animal blood used as paint. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY. Record # 362172
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- Bookseller
- Browsing Is Arousing (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 362172
- Title
- Peter Beard
- Author
- Nejma Beard, Peter Beard , et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 1st revised
- ISBN 10
- 3836530880
- ISBN 13
- 9783836530880
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Place of Publication
- Bx-10
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- art, Photography, , .
- Bookseller catalogs
- art;
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From the founders of "Monroe Street Books", "Browsing is Arousing" is a strictly on-line antiquarian, rare, out-of-print & used books store. Our wide-range of inventory includes: Art, Children's Picture and Chapter, Exploration, Fiction, History, Illustrated, Literature, Mystery, Science Fiction, Photography, Performing Arts, Regional, Sciences and Sports.
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