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Stag
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Stag

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1905
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 29 x 46 1/4 in. (73.7 x 117.5 cm)
Credit LineAmerican Museum of Western Art, Anschutz Collection
Object numberCC.0009
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right , C. Rungius
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceNorman James, Baltimore; Ruly Carpenter Family, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno), July 25, 2009; to Private collection, 2009; to (Sotheby's), November 16, 2018; to American Museum of Western Art, Anschutz Collection, 2018
Description"Stag," from 1905 copyright form (Class H: Photographs). On the forms it is spelled "Stagg"
One elk depicted.
Bull elk stands in three-quarter view facing towards the foreground. Downed timber and rocks behind him, pine trees beyond and rocky mountainside behind. Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Stag
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y. 
Class H, XXc, no. 62436, June 19, 1905. 
Letter from relative indicates Norman James sold painting during depression. 
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