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On Northern Heights
Courtesy National Museum of Wildlife Art

On Northern Heights

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 × 46 in. (76.2 × 116.8 cm) frame: 36 × 52 in. (91.4 × 132.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Widener Charitable Limited Partnership, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1998.095
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Christie's, New York), June 8, 1984; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries); to P. A. B. Widener, 1992; to The Widener Charitable Limited Partnership; to National Museum of Wildlife Art, 1998.
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Description"On Northern Heights. Three white mountain Rams standing on top of a rugged mountain, two in foreground together on the right side, the third one above the toward the centre. Snow covered mountains in the distance," from copyright registration long form, Class I (Works of Art). Three sheep total. Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: On northern heights. Three mountain rams standing on top of a rugged mountain, two in foreground together on the right side, the third one above them toward the centre. 
Copyright proprietor: Rungius, Carl, Brooklyn, N.Y.
ClassI, XXc, no. 16768, Jan. 20, 1906.

Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-257.
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