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VERSO
Signed and dated
Label, The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Label, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming

Discussing one of Africa’s most iconic species, the artist wrote, “Among the many species of antelope, the sable has as many boosters for the title ‘number one’ as does the greater kudu. In addition to their regal bearing and imposing sweep of horns, the bulls can be very tough customers. More than one lion has paid the ultimate price while attempting to pull down an unwilling sable.

“In this painting, my use of the dead tree echoing the general shape of the sable’s crescent adornment is pretty obvious. It is a design device that is useful, but can be overdone.”

PROVENANCE
Yturria Collection, Brownsville, Texas

EXHIBITED
Rendezvous Exhibition, The Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1994
Bob Kuhn: Painting the Wild, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming, 2002

LITERATURE
Wild Harvest: The Animal Art of Bob Kuhn, Sporting Classics & Wildlife Art Magazine, 1997, pp. 108-09, illustrated
Bob Kuhn: Painting the Wild, National Museum of Wildlife Art, 2002, p. 57, illustrated

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Condition ReportSurface is in excellent condition. No signs of restoration.

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