Portrait of our Ancient ForefatherSpecifications 6 x 6 Magnum Square print Fuji Crystal Archival Matte paper Signed on verso by Pentti Sammallahti Mint condition Artist's statement "In the 1970s, I often spent the end of May on a small rocky island on the Baltic Sea, photographing nature and observing the migration of wildfowls to their Arctic nesting regions. "There were ponds on the island where toads had their coupling seasons. At nightfall, every so often the toads would raise