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At The Head of the Green River
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At The Head of the Green River

Alternate Title(s)
  • Group of Elk
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1937
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) frame: 24 × 28 in. (61 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.113
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Categorywildlife
SignedSigned
InscribedLower right hand corner.
On View
On view
DescriptionA group of seven elk stand on the right side of the patining looking to the left. Behind them is a tall mountain range with little snow and some grass, early spring. Rocks in foreground.Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Painted as illustration / (Head of Green River, Wyoming) / Dupe," PA-1875-92. 
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