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Simon Combes (1940-2004) Heavy Drinkers Museum Ed

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Simon Combes (1940-2004) Heavy Drinkers Museum Ed
Featured in this lot is this Museum Edition Giclee on canvas called "Heavy Drinkers," originally published in 1987 by artist Simon Combes born in 1940 and died in 2004. The artwork features a wonderfully and professionally crafted Giclee on canvas construction and shows a herd of of elephants lined up along the bank of a river with egrets and Egyptian Geese lined up on the opposite bank; the elephants are washing themselves and drinking in the safety of their herd. The artist signature can be seen in the bottom right hand corner and is numbered 12/MMVI and reads as follows: Museum Edition - A Greenwich - Giclee - Fine Arts Studios - Workshop. The painting is set in the vast wilderness of eastern Kenya's Tsavo wilderness, home to great herds of elephants, buffalo and other animals, yet inhospitable to man. Water is scarce so the Voi River's occasional pools, surrounded by lush vegetation, are magnets to a host of animals and birds . . . and the intermittent herd of elephants. While working painting Simon hosted a steady procession of visitors
from nearby villages - most of whom, strange to relate, had never seen an elephant before, because they almost never traveled far enough away from their homes to see one. "They suggested many different animals to include with the elephants," he said, "but I resisted, contenting myself (somewhat masochistically) with an audience of 126 egrets, sacred ibis and Egyptian geese." The condition of this Giclee on canvas is good with no obvious signs of damage and shows good overall condition. The measurements of this Giclee on canvas is 32" x 80".