2017 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction / Lot 31
31
David Shepherd (1931 – 2017)
Images of Africa
oil on canvas
8 × 10 inches each
initialed lower right
In 1957 the World Wildlife Fund commissioned Wedgwood to produce a series of plates depicting African wildlife using these paintings by David Shepherd. The plates were produced in support of African wildlife.
LITERATURE
David Shepherd, An Artist in Africa (New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1969), illustrated (Cheetah and Lion)