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American Black Bear
American Black Bear

American Black Bear

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1929
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 61 1/2 × 76 1/2 in. (156.2 × 194.3 cm) frame: 72 × 87 in. (182.9 × 221 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Jackson Hole Preserve, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1994.082
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Categorywildlife
Illustration
Gallery of Wild Animal Paintings in the Zoological Park from the Collection of the New York Zoological Society. New York: New York Zoological Society (Charles Francis Press), 1930, np.
On View
On view
DescriptionOne large black bear walks onto a log moving to the left. Behind him are leaves with fall colors. From the New York Zoological Society collection.Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Bronx Zoo," PA-1875-318. 
Exhibitions
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1931
Black Bear
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National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1931
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1927
National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1933
NMWA
Carl Rungius
1933
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