128
Peter Beard
Eyelids of Morning: The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men, Chobe, Uganda
1966
Chromogenic print with blood, ink and affixed photograph, printed later.
69 x 98.7 cm (27 1/8 x 38 7/8 in)
Signed, dated and annotated in ink on the recto.
Full-Cataloguing
"Why, why does heaven bequeath such gifts to fascinate all eyes that mark with magnet charm, till something lifts the mask, and shows how foully dark the dazzling reptile is within/beneath the painted shining skin?"
ELIZA COOK
(As Written by Peter Beard on the above work, lot 128)
ELIZA COOK
(As Written by Peter Beard on the above work, lot 128)