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A Wise Old Buck
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A Wise Old Buck

Alternate Title(s)
  • Mule Deer in Snow
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1945
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsimage: 25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm) frame: 30 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (77.5 x 90.2 x 6 cm)
Credit LineEdwina H. F. Cox, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1998.101
ClassificationsPainting
SignedC. Rungius (recto, bottom right)
Inscribed"A Wise Old Buck" written on verso by the artist.
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA male mule deer walks through snow and trees, facing viewer's left. Part of Cox Suite.Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Mr. William D. Cox, Chicago," PA-1875-85.

Note on back [of painting?] in artist's hand "A Wise Old Buck"

Cox Suite:
W1998.101 Mule Deer in Snow
W1998.102 At the Head of the Ram River
W1998.103 The Humpback
W1998.104 Rocky Mountain Goats
W1998.105 Moose in Mountain Setting
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