BOB KUHN. Water Buffalo. Ink, wash, and conte on board, heightened in white. 216x521 mm; 8 1/2x20 1/2 inches, 14x21 3/4-inch board. Signed "Kuhn" in lower image. Adhesive residue in margins and on verso. Nd.
Kuhn (1920-2007) was a wildlife illustrator known for his contributions to Field and Stream and Outdoor Life magazines. His skillful impressionist-realist style can largely be attributed to visits to the Buffalo Zoo as a child, and later numerous wildlife excursions around the world where he observed and sketched animals in their natural habitats. The National Museum of Wildlife Art in Wyoming celebrated his 60-year career with a traveling retrospective in 2012.
