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The Battle Cry
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The Battle Cry

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1909
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm) frame: 34 x 42 3/8 in. (86.4 x 107.6 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, 2008
Object numberCC.0065
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius.
Inscribed
lower left, © C R 1909.
Subject
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Crossroads of Sport Gallery, New York), 1974; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York); Widener Estate, by 2001; (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno), July 26, 2008
Description"Bull elk, standing in bush, head in air in act of bugling, trees in background," from 1909 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
One elk depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: The Battlecry. [Bull elk, standing in bush, head in air in act of bugling, trees in background.]
Copyright claimant: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc, no. 30601, Aug. 28, 1909. 
Copryight card from Glenbow archives:
The Battle Cry. By Carl Rungius
copy received Aug. 28, 1909, Entry Class: G, XXc., No. 30601  
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