Skip to main contentDescriptionDall sheep painting reproduced in Wilderness of the Upper Yukon, by Charles Sheldon, 1911, oppostie p. 206. Nine or ten Dall sheep.Curatorial Remarks
In Front of Them Were Piled Precipice upon Precipice
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
frame: 25 × 19 in. (63.5 × 48.3 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberJL1994.047
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
IllustrationSheldon, Charles. The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon. London: T. Fisher Unwin, illustrated in color after p. 206.
On View
On viewNarrative about Rungius's expedition to the Yukon taped to the back.
Painted portion of canvas wrapped around stretcher on left side of image (non-signature side). Could add another 1 1/2 to 2 inches of sky and rock to image.