gelatin silver print with blood and ink

signed, titled, inscribed and dated "ape skull from Rwanda 1984 smuggled out through the Congo by Cossna for Irving Penn on request via Cottars Camp (MARRA) nairobi + USA where Penn found it "too gorey" Peter Beard Hog Ranch Box 47616 nairobi Kenya E.A." upper left; further stamped with the "Stress & Density, Berlin" exhibition and "The Time is Always Now" copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the reverse; further stamped with the "Stress & Density, Berlin" exhibition, "Stress & Density, Madrid" and "The Time is Always Now" copyright credit reproduction limitation stamps on the frame backing; "Carnet Africains" exhibition label affixed to the reverse of the frame

23 3/4 x 19 in. (60.3 x 48.3 cm.)

Photographed in 1984 and executed later.