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The Mountain Mother-Black Bear and Cubs
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The Mountain Mother-Black Bear and Cubs

Artist/Maker William Herbert Dunton United States, 1878 - 1936
Date1931
MediumLithograph
Dimensionsframe: 22 3/4 × 18 3/4 in. (57.8 × 47.6 cm) image: 14 × 10 3/4 in. (35.6 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1990.005
ClassificationsPrint
InscribedBottom right reads, "Dunton of Taos" Bottom left below image reads: "The Mountain Mother Black Bear and Cus No. 43" Bottom right below image reads: "W. Hubert Dunton, 1931 by V. E. Dunton "Heart of the West Series"
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DescriptionA mother bear and her four cubs walk up a snowy hillside. The mother is the largest and is in the center of the image. Two of the cubs are up ahead of her and she turns back towards the two that are behind her.