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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 Francois Koch 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)
Credit LineGift of Shiloh Oil Corporation, Charles A. Vose, Jr., Chairman of the Board, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2002.002
ClassificationsPainting
Subject
Signedsigned lower right
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThree Lionesses in the Kalahari Desert. The dry dessert is spotted with sagebrush. Dark storm clouds roll towards the viewer.
Weasel on Watch
Francois Furet
c. 1890
Chasse aux Bison
Francois Grenier
c. 1860
Chasse aux Bisons (d'Amerique)
Francois Grenier
c. 1860
Wyoming Range
Tucker Smith
1995
Sheldon, 1911, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Carl Rungius
1907
Untitled
Bob Kuhn
c. 1990
Four lions
Robert F. Kuhn
NMWA
Carl Rungius
c. 1935
Zia Olla
Artist Unknown
ca. 1980