Fighting Moose

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959

Date1892

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionsimage: 17 7/8 × 24 1/4 in. (45.4 × 61.6 cm)

Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Object numberJL1996.015

ClassificationsDrawing

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Categorywildlife

Signedsigned lower right

InscribedSigned in pencil at lower right "C Rungius '92". Two inscriptions on the reverse in black manuscript ink "C Rungius" and "Kampfende Elche" and in pencil "538-11 G Rungius"

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DescriptionTwo moose fight each other on the bank of a lake. The moose on the left has antlers lowered and plowing into the moose on right whose head is raised.Curatorial Remarks

Christie's East, New York, May 21, 1996, had the title incorrect (Fighting Elk).