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After the Storm
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After the Storm

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensions30 x 46 1/4 in.*
Credit LineSee linked record, JL2006.039
Object numberCC.0018
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Inscribed
lower right, Copyright 1906
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"After the Storm. A big bull elk with a bunch of eight cows. Bull in foreground bugling. The cows feeding down in the valley. Lake in distance, high mountains behind. The light breaking through a clouded sky," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Nine elk total.
Early version of linked record, JL2006.039Curatorial Remarks
First version of JL2006.039, where the old signature visible under new signature.
Key period where early signature changes to mid-career signature. 
CC.0018, copyright Feb 1906 (early signature)
JL2006.039, copyright April 1906 (changed signature).

Copyright title/description: After the storm. Big bull Elk with a bunch of eight cows, buck in foreground bugling, the cows feeding down in the valley.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 17062, Feb. 23, 1906. 
"After the Storm. A big bull elk with a bunch of eight cows. Bull in foreground bugling. The cows feeding down in the valley. Lake in distance, high mountains behind. The light breaking through a clouded sky. Photograph on file." From copyright long form, February 23, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17062.