Fred Ludekens (1900-1982)

Cape Buffalo

Details

Fred Ludekens (1900-1982)
Cape Buffalo
signed 'Fred Ludekens' (lower left)
watercolor and gouache on board
12½ x 17 in. (31.8 x 43.4 cm.)
together with the original copper plate and magazine

Provenance

Gift to Russell B. Aitken from the artist.

Lot Essay

This is an original illustration used for the cover of True The Man's Magazine, September 1955 which included Russell B. Aitken's article Killer Rogue of the Sichifuru, p. 41. The following quotation is taken from the article: An angry cape buffalo is the most dangerous animal on earth. The one I was tracking had been shot, kicked out of his herd and had lost its mate. He had already killed two men and now he was tracking me.

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