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Old Fighter
Courtesy National Museum of Wildlife Art

Old Fighter

Alternate Title(s)
  • Single Moose in Landscape
  • An Old Fighter
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1925
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 24 × 32 in. (61 × 81.3 cm) frame: 28 1/2 × 36 1/2 in. (72.4 × 92.7 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.135
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Categorywildlife
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne large bull moose stands with his two front feet in a stream and his hind legs on the grassy banks. He is placed on the right side and turns his head to look at the viewer. The stream runs from back through the landscape from the left. The stream is lined with tall trees.
NMWA
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