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  • Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Jon Buck, A Taste for the Beautiful: Beauty Back to Front, 2017

    Jon Buck British, b. 1951

    A Taste for the Beautiful: Beauty Back to Front, 2017
    Pastel on paper
    71.5 x 56.5 cm (Framed)
    28 1/8 x 22 1/4 in
    Unique
    £1,800 inc VAT framed
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    'Taste for the Beautiful: Back to Front' depicts the male Golden Oriole's distinctive plumage from above and below. This species, influenced by female mate choice, has evolved to possess an...
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    'Taste for the Beautiful: Back to Front' depicts the male Golden Oriole's distinctive plumage from above and below. This species, influenced by female mate choice, has evolved to possess an extraordinarily exotic and flamboyant set of markings, successful it would seem in courtship but surely a handicap for everyday survival.’
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    Jon Buck: Patterns of Change, Pangolin London, 6 September 2022 - 4 March 2023
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