Peter Beard 50 Years of Portraits
50 Years of Portraits by Peter Beard
1st edition hardback published by Arena Editions 1999 206pp. Quarto.
pebbled boards with Photo on cover. Titling in red on the spine.
Near fine copy no dust jacket as published. Protective transparent cover.
introductory essay by Anthony Haden-Guest.
preface by Peter T Tunney and Introduction by David Fahey.
This is a fascinating book which gives an insight into Beard’s work. It has never been reprinted and is now out of print. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the Fahey/Klein Gallery Los Angeles.
African culture, wild life and landscape all feature. As well as celebrity portraits including his friend Francis Bacon, the Jaggers, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Picasso, Dali and others. Also a fold out of Bacon’s triptych of Peter Beard.