Skip to main contentDescriptionA black bear sow and her two cubs have climbed up a leafless tree and are being shot at by a group of hunters. Three bears, three men and perhaps two horses depicted.Bibliography
I Saw, Half Way Up the Tree, a Large Cinnamon Bear, While Ahead of Her Scrambled 2 Cubs
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius,
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1904
MediumGouache and Ink on Paper*
Dimensions18 x 12 in.*
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0202
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C Rungius
Keyword
Categorywildlife/domestic/human
ProvenanceThe artist; Recreation Magazine
IllustrationJ. A. Loring. "Up A Tree." Recreation 21, no. 6 (December 1904), illustrated p. 350.