University at Albany Fine Art Collections : UAlbany Artwork : Peter Beard, Montauk, N.Y. from Social Context [19911090F]

[ Artwork description: A black-and-white photograph of two people sitting at a table that is covered in dinnerware. The two people are sitting closely together; one person, with short, dark hair and dressed in a dark jacket with a plaid shirt underneath, is smiling at the other person. The other person, with shoulder-length blonde hair, is wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and smiling at the camera. A third person in a black suit sits in the background playing a piano. ]

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Peter Beard, Montauk, N.Y. from Social Context , 1977

Artwork Type: Photographs

Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions: 14 x 14 in.

Accession #: 19911090F

Credit: Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation , gift of Marvin and Carol Brown

Related Exhibitions:

Look This Way: Portraits from the University Art Collections

Near & Far: Six Photography Portfolios from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections

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Peter Beard (b. 1938)
Photographer best known for his documentation of African wildlife; author of Eyelids of the Morning: The Mingled Destinies of Crocodiles and Men (1973).
–Look This Way: Portraits from the University Art Collections

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