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The Surprise (or Reel Adventure)

Alternate Title(s)
  • Reel Adventure
  • Bear Sighting
Artist/Maker Philip R. Goodwin United States, 1881 - 1935
Datec. 1925
MediumOil on Canvasboard
Dimensionsimage: 30 × 39 1/2 in. (76.2 × 100.3 cm) frame: 36 × 44 3/4 in. (91.4 × 113.7 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1997.027
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned lower right
DescriptionThree bears sit on a rock in the foreground. The two cubs roll around together and the larger bear looks on. Behind the rock a person wearing a red shirt looks on. From the left corner, a river moves back in the distance to a mountain whose peak is light by the afternoon sun. Included in the hard file is a photo of the painting next to the calendar it was used on in 1937.
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