Skip to main contentDescriptionImage of a bison facing the left side of the canvas. Background is lime green, lightening to a cream color on the left side behind the bison. On the right side, background is a light red over green darkening to a dark red on the bottom. At the very bottom of the painting is a horizontal stripe of dark color, with a series of black and white images (similar to a strip of negatives) from the left center to the right edge of the painting.
Mercator Projection
Artist/Maker
Jack Balas
United States
MediumOil and Enamel on Canvas
Dimensions67 × 94 in. (170.2 × 238.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William E. Weiss, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2007.029
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on view