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Survival of the Fittest
Survival of the Fittest

Survival of the Fittest

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1903
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 26 × 46 1/8 in. (66 × 117.2 cm) frame: 33 1/2 × 53 1/2 in. (85.1 × 135.9 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberJL1996.034
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Categorywildlife
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA bull moose walks along a grassy field with a stream in the foreground and a clear blue sky overhead. A wounded bull moose lays partially in the water in the foreground. Two moose total.Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "1900 / Very early Moose," no number, folder M-1086 67.
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