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Mule Deer in Snow
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Mule Deer in Snow

Alternate Title(s)
  • A Wise Old Buck
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1945
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 LineEdwina H. F. Cox, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1998.101
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
Signedsigned lower right
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne mule deer walks to the left through snow. Behind the deer the trees move upwards and are covered with snow. 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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