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Siesta

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

Date1946

MediumOil on Canvas

Dimensionsimage: 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm) frame: 30 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (77.5 x 90.2 x 6.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Colonel and Mrs. Richard H. "Red" Smith

Object numberW2004.050

ClassificationsPainting

Signed? 1

Subject

Region

Alberta, Canada

Categorywildlife

Signedsigned lower right

On View

Not on view

DescriptionBighorn sheep. Only one stands facing right, away from viewer. The rest are laying down. At least six bighorn sheep.Curatorial Remarks

Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "'Siesta' / Head of the Brazeau / Col. RH Smith / 1946," PA-1875-309. Glenbow cataloguer has added, "Ethching 1931?"

Drypoint print, Siesta, dated April 1931, possibly based on this painting (or earlier version of it). Central, standing ram is in the same pose. No other known painting comes close to matching the print.