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Canadian Lynx
National Museum of Wildlife Art

Canadian Lynx

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1931
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 × 40 in. (76.2 × 101.6 cm) frame: 34 × 44 in. (86.4 × 111.8 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1996.043
ClassificationsPainting
Signed lower right, C. Rungius.
Categorywildlife
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DescriptionTwo canadian lynx in a forest. One lies on a log to the right while the other one walks up to it, its back facing the viewer. Through a clearing in the woodsbehind the cats snowy mountain peaks can be seen. (From the New York Zoological Society collection)Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Bronx Zoo," PA-1875-329.
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