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Peter Hill Beard

Peter Hill Beard (1938 - 2020) was active/lived in New York, Alabama / Africa.  Peter Beard is known for Photo collage, wild game and celebrities.

Known for collage work combining photographs and journals, Peter Beard, "well known for his handsome looks," documents his urbane lifestyle that includes African travels, especially endangered African elephants, association with Hollywood celebrities, the New York art scene, and insider relationships during the Kennedy administration.  His work reflects his realationships with notables such as Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Jackie Onassis, and supermodels such as his first wife, Cheryl Tiegs. 

Page after page of his work "is covered with photographs of women, transcribed telephone messages, marginalia in India ink, clippings from the daily newspapers, dried leaves and insects, old sepia-toned photographs, drawings of animals and people by Kikuyu artists, quotes by Joseph Conrad, found objects, images of decaying elephant carcasses, and sometimes, Beard's own blood."

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