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Gnu or Wildebeest
Gnu or Wildebeest

Gnu or Wildebeest

Artist/Maker William R. Leigh United States, 1866 - 1955
Date1938
Mediumink, gouache, and graphite on paper
Dimensionsimage: 10 × 13 1/2 in. (25.4 × 34.3 cm) frame: 18 5/8 × 21 1/2 in. (47.3 × 54.6 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2008.001.005
ClassificationsDrawing
SignedSigned
InscribedW.R. LEIGH LRC
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSketch of Gnu, or Wildebeest. Done for book by Leigh: "Frontiers of Enchantment, An Artist's Adventures in Africa." Quote on back references page 125.
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