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Rocky Mountain Goats
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Rocky Mountain Goats

Alternate Title(s)
  • Head of the Ram
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1949
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 25 3/8 × 30 3/8 in. (64.5 × 77.2 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 numberW1998.104
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Categorywildlife
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA group of four mountain goats stands on a rocky mountain side looking out to the right. Behind them other mountains reach up to the clear blue sky. Part of Cox Suite.Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Head of the Ram / Mr. Cox, Chicago" in original cataloguer's hand. "Ca 1945" in later hand, with Brenwasser / Photographer of Fine Art / New York City" stamp, PA-1875-124. 

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