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The Foxes

Art

Rustic scene- forest view with a split rail wooden fence. One fox is jumping over the fence and the other fox has paused and is looking a the viewer. Standing fox forms the focal point of the painting. The artist depicted a rounded belly with light colored paint, then tones of brown and red for a luminescent quality.

689

Oil on Canvas

John L. Wehle Collection

Liljefors, Bruno

1892

Artist's School: Naturalim

Swedish

Signature

Lower Left

Bruno Liljefars 92

Painted

Image Size

58 in

79-5/8 in

Frame Size

63 in

84-3/4 in

Frame

Plain wooden frame golden finish

Martha Hill, “Sudden Encounter,” Ducks Unilimited, September / October 1989, 50. Scott Adamson, "The Gallery of Sporting Art" The Conservationist, July - August, 1991, 16.

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