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VERSO
Signed and dated

The artist wrote, “When good friends asked me to paint a bear and cubs for them, my first reaction was, Why Me? I don’t do cute paintings, and it’s hard not to make cubs cute. Nevertheless, I did what I was commissioned to do, enjoyed doing it, and had very few serious problems in the process of painting it. The results pleased not only my friends, but me as well.”

PROVENANCE
The Artist
The Collection of Jean and J. Dawson Burns, Tucson, AZ, 1990

EXHIBITED
Wildlife: The Artist’s View, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, 1993

LITERATURE
Bob Kuhn, Wild Harvest: The Animal Art of Bob Kuhn (Columbia, SC and Minneapolis, MN: Sporting Classics & Wildlife Art Magazine, 1997), pages 90-91, illustrated

Condition ReportSurface condition is excellent. No signs of inpainting nor restoration.

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