Peter Beard, 756 elephants in a “misery likes company” formation / destroyed social units from starvation / exceeding carrying capacity / over-population / + mismanagement / TSAVO / @ the Mkomazi border / for The End of the Game / last word from Paradise

1976
Unique work, comprising gelatin silver print with ink, blood and affixed gelatin silver prints, executed later.
Sheet: 105 x 175 cm (41 3/8 x 68 7/8 in.)
Frame: 134 x 204 cm (52 3/4 x 80 3/8 in.)
Signed, dated and extensively annotated in ink on the recto.

This work is unique.

Provenance:
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, 2003
Private Collection, UK

Literature:
J. Bowermaster, The Adventures and MisAdventures of Peter Beard in Africa, Boston: Bulfinch, 1993, pp. 38-39 (variant)
P. Beard, The End of the Game, Cologne: Taschen, 2008, wraparound cover (detail)
Peter Beard, Cologne: Taschen, 2013, pl. 13 (variant)

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