Chromogenic print of Lee Perry in the Swiss Alps

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A color photograph of Lee “Scratch” Perry in the Swiss Alps, 1989, Zurich, Switzerland. He is sitting on a large rock with his legs spread far apart. He is wearing black clothes and black boots. He is wearing a red and gold jeweled crown with a red and gold robe with white fur. He is holding a gold scepter in his proper right hand and a sphere with gold details and a cross on top in his left hand. He has dark black hair and a mustache and beard, and he is wearing several metal chains and medallions. There is a Swiss flag waving in the proper top left corner. The foreground is rocky. There is water and snow in the background as well as a snowy mountain top. The sky appears to be foggy. There is a white border around the image.

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