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Rocky Mountain Sheep
Rocky Mountain Sheep

Rocky Mountain Sheep

Alternate Title(s)
  • On the Brazeau
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1937
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 25 × 30 in. (63.5 × 76.2 cm) frame: 30 1/2 × 35 1/2 in. (77.5 × 90.2 cm)
Credit LineMorton Quantrell, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1992.001.001
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Categorywildlife
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThree bighorn sheep walk over a rocky mountain, looking out at the viewer. two more sheep in the background, on the left. Snow covered mountains are in the distance. Five sheep depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Note on back, "'Rocky Mountain Sheep' 4/14/37 Purchased from C. Rungius 25 x 30 - AYY"

Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Ernest Quantrell / N.Y. Business Man / Scarsdale? / Dupe" PA-1875-269. In another hand, lower right, "Ernest Quantrell."