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Northern King
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Northern King

Alternate Title(s)
  • A Northern King
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1926
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 42 x 60 in. (106.7 x 152.4 cm) frame: 46 1/2 x 64 1/4 in. (118.1 x 163.2 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.024
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Categorywildlife
SignedSigned
InscribedLower righ thand corner. C. Rungius
On View
On view
DescriptionOne bull moose looks out over the forest below him, standing at the edge of a hill between dead and fallen trees.
Full body side view of a bull moose standing on a hill, face turned to the left.

Among downed timber and leafless trees, a bull moose on right side of composition stands three-quarter view facing to the back with his head turned back to look at viewer.
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