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On the East Slope
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1937
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Jackson Hole Art Auction, 2019
Object numberCC.0313
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C. Rungius
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
Provenance(The Crossroads of Sport, New York) 1952; (Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); (Sotheby Parke Bernet New York), October 27, 1977; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Coleman; (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Hayden, Idaho), August 12, 1995; Robert M. and Anne Brockinton Lee; (Jackson Hole Art Auction), September 13, 2019
DescriptionOne bull moose stands facing to the left on a mountain side amid fallen timber and pine trees, snow-capped mountains in the distance.Curatorial RemarksBack of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "On the East Slope/ 'On the East Slope' (Moose) / by Carl Rungius, N.A. / size 24" x 32 / price $900 / Please return to Arthur H. Harlow & Co. / 620 Fifth Avenue / New York, N.Y." PA-1875-200.
First instance of title written in pencil, rest of writing written in pen, in different hand. Someone has written in "of the Rockies" appended to the second instance of the title.
Harlow at 620 Fifth Ave from 1935-1940, though this painting looks later than c. 1937.
Featured on Rungius Christmas card, 1940 or later, "Christmas Greetings / and / Best Wishes for the New Year / Carl Rungius"
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