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

A Tense Moment Before the Storm

Artist/Maker Francois Koch South Africa, born 1944
Date1998
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 32 x 48 in. (81.3 x 121.9 cm) frame: 40 1/2 x 56 in. (102.9 x 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.
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