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Heart of the Wilderness - Elks

Artist/Maker William Herbert Dunton United States, 1878 - 1936
Date1933
MediumLithograph
Dimensionsimage: 11 3/4 × 9 7/8 in. (29.8 × 25.1 cm) frame: 20 3/4 × 17 5/8 in. (52.7 × 44.8 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1990.034
ClassificationsPrint
InscribedBottom right reads, "Dunton of Taos" Bottom left below image reads: "Heart of the Wilderness Elks No. 99." Bottom right reads: "W. Hubert Dunton, '33 "Heart of the West Series"
DescriptionA bull elk stands in a clearing in the forest. The elk faces to the left. the cieling of the forrest is enclosed by the tree tops. Light enters the clearing from gaps in the tree tops.
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