Live Auction 5263Out of The Ordinary
Peter Barrett (b.1935)
Lot 75

Peter Barrett (b.1935)

One Hundred Illustrations from Evolution: The Story of Life

Closed3 September 2014

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GBP 6,250

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Peter Barrett (b.1935)
One Hundred Illustrations from Evolution: The Story of Life
all signed 'Peter Barrett 2008' with titles and numbers to the lower margin in pencil, including 3 additional related watercolours not included in the book
watercolour on paper
unframed
10½ x 24½in. (26.8 x 62.2cm.)
(103)With a copy of Palmer, D. Evolution: The Story of Life. London: 2009, signed by Peter Barrett

Specialist note

These highly detailed watercolours would join together to form a panorama over 60 metres long, illustrating the history of life on Earth from its beginnings 3.43 billion years ago through the age of the dinosaurs, the Ice Ages to the dawn of man.