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A Tense Moment Before the Storm
A Tense Moment Before the Storm
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A Tense Moment Before the Storm

Artist/Maker (South Africa, born 1944)
Date1998
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 32 × 48 in. (81.3 × 121.9 cm) frame: 56 1/4 in. (142.9 cm) frame: 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm) frame: 40 1/2 × 56 in. (102.9 × 142.2 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Shiloh Oil Corporation, Charles A. Vose, Jr., Chairman of the Board, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
    Object numberW2002.002
    DescriptionThree Lionesses in the Kalahari Desert. The dry dessert is spotted with sagebrush. Dark storm clouds roll towards the viewer.
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    Not on view
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