Peter BEARD (1938-2020) - Lot 150

Peter BEARD (1938-2020) Lion Pride near Ndutu, Southern Serengeti, 1976 Photograph. Posterior silver print, signed "Peter Beard Box 47616 Nairobi" and text "I had seen the royal lion before sunrise, below a waning moon, crossing the grey plain on his way home from the kill, drawing a dark wahe in the silvery grass; his face still red up to the ears, or during the midday-siesta, when he reposed in the midst of his family. (Karen Blixen from Out of Africa). in ink on image, with collage of images: Galo-Galo Guyo, rhinoceros, giraffe, animal blood. Framed. Image: 39 x 58 cm - Sight sheet: 56 x 65 cm - Frame: 80.5 x 89.5 cm Provenance: Private collection. Bibliography: Peter Beard "The End of the Game", Dolphin Book, 1977, p.206