2017 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 164
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David Shepherd (1931 – 2017)
Cape Buffalo (1970)
oil on canvas
28 × 44 inches
signed and dated lower right
The artist wrote, “This wild landscape seemed to be an ideal setting in which to portray the African buffalo. I have seen countless numbers of these magnificent animals over the years and I never fail to be inspired by them and that moment of tension as I suddenly see a group of them standing gazing at me, their noses sniffing the air and their eyes peering intently at the intruder.”