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Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Image: Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust
Two Large Grizzlies Passed within 50 Yards of Us and Made an Attack on the Garbage Bin
Reproduced in Recreation, 1900, Courtesy Hathi Trust

Two Large Grizzlies Passed within 50 Yards of Us and Made an Attack on the Garbage Bin

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1900
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0130
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Keyword
Categorywildlife/human
ProvenanceThe artist; to Recreation Magazine
Illustration
Frank A. Johnson. “Bear in Yellowstone Park.” Recreation 12, no. 1 (January 1900), illustrated p. 2, frontispiece.
DescriptionTwo grizzly bears amid some buildings, one in profile and the other face on looking at viewer, try to get in a garbage box. One man at fire in distance looks on.Bibliography