Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits - Hardcover
A collection of photographs and photocollages from the March 1998 exhibition, "Fifty Years of Portraits" at the Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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In this book cataloguing 50 years of Peter Beard's photography, essayist Peter Tunney offers an interesting perspective on Beard's work: "Above all, Peter Beard is a collector, the camera only one method to his madness, a mere tool for accumulating his relished subject matter, the evidence of a life lived, all stuffed into a diary, or any book for that matter. Peter once remarked to me, 'I never save a book unless I have something glued in it.'" Beard's photos are collages of lists, of reference points; when he shows in a gallery, he insists that a mixed tape of music is played to amplify and add a layer of sound to his pictures. The texture in his photo collages is rich, and the layers are thick. The elements he employs create a whole vision of his work: Africa, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, the Kennedys, elephants, Montauk, Mick Jagger, blood, crocodiles, things cut out of their context and put in new ones--the picture begins to form. Fifty years' worth of work is collected in this book, expressed in faces readers may recognize and some they won't; his adventures; and his years at Hog Ranch in Africa. Somehow these diverse points of reference come together in their differences and illustrate completely Peter Beard's fascinating work and life. --Amra Brooks
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. A PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY OF ONE BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHERS
. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE COMPILED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS PORTFOLIO
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. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE COMPILED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THIS PORTFOLIO
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- PublisherArena Editions
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1892041154
- ISBN 13 9781892041159
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages205
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Book Description Condition: Near Fine. 1999. First edition. Arena Editions. Santa Fe. 1999. First edition. Hardback, quarto; brown leather-effect boards, illustration pasted to front board. 206 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour. English. 260x210mm. 1.2kg. Near fine; very slight shelf wear, slight knock at base of spine. A compendium of portraits and images by photographer Peter Beard, born out of an exhibition of the same name at David Fahey's gallery. Many of the portraits bear Beard's hallmark use of collage and handwritten text. Subjects include Castro, Truman Capote, Karen Blixen, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, Uma Thurman, Dali, Bianca and Mick Jagger, alongside images of the people and animals Beard encountered in Africa. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. Seller Inventory # 2002
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Book Description first edition, 1999. "fifty years of portraits" melds together beard's portraits of prominent figures with the spontaneity, intimacy, and sense of exploration that has made his work iconic. this collection features photographs of picasso, francis bacon, karen blixen, andy warhol, truman capote, jacqueline kennedy onassis, salvador dali, and mick jagger. new mexico: arena editions. isbn: 1892041154. 10 x 8.25". 204 pages. hardcover. brown 'leatherette' covered boards. book condition: negligible bumping to spine. near fine. no jacket issued. Seller Inventory # 186
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: fine. First. Curated by Peter T. Tunney, with an Essay by Anthony Haden-Guest. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. 4to, brown pebbled cloth with inset photographic label. San Francisco: Arena Editions, 1999. First Edition. Fine. Seller Inventory # 305697
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: very good. First edition. Small quarto. (10 1/4" x 8 1/2") Brown faux leather with portrait of Peter Beard mounted to front cover. 204pp. Amazing color and black and white photographs by Peter Beard. Some rubbing at bottom of spine. Four of the sewn signature are loose but intact. Seller Inventory # 55973
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