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Crossing the Swamp
Courtesy Autry National Center

Crossing the Swamp

Artist/Maker, United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1915
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 32 x 39 in. (81.3 x 99.1 cm)
Credit LineAutry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, California, Donated by Mr. George Montgomery, 2000 (90.142.1)
Object numberCC.0097
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right, C. Rungius
Subject
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York); George Montgomery; to Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, California, by gift
Description"Bull moose standing in foreground on edge of brook, cow walking ahead," from 1915 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art). Two moose depicted. Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Crossing the Swamp. Bull moose standing in foreground on edge of brook, cow walking ahead.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), New York, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 50111, Jul. 7, 1915. 

Copyright card, Glenbow archives:
"Crossing the Swamp. Bull moose standing in foreground on edge of brook, cow walking ahead."
July 7, 1915, Class G, XXc., No. 50111 

Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-142.