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Arktikwanderer
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Arktikwanderer

Alternate Title(s)
  • Arctic Wanderer
Artist/Maker Richard Friese Germany, 1854 - 1918
Date1899
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 38 × 56 in. (96.5 × 142.2 cm) frame: 49 × 77 1/2 in. (124.5 × 196.9 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1991.033
ClassificationsPainting
Signedsigned and date '89 lower left
On View
On view
DescriptionA polar bear walks away from the viewer in the fading light making a shadow and tracks upon the snow covered field.
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