Roger Peet

Roger Peet
Reasons for Weapons
$45

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Once more into the maw of extinction. Here we have Bluebucks, a South African antelope, never common, and wiped out after the European colonization of the Cape region. The Bluebuck got its' name from the blue sheen of its coat, which provided much impetus for hunting but faded in death to an unremarkable grey. That's an oft-repeated refrain; the beautiful thing, so fleet and glorious in life, becomes a sad rag after processing for cultural categorization. The great game: abstracting life into money.....

Blockprint with two color stencil
19"x25"
Hand-printed
Mulberry paper
1st signed edition of ten