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Buffalo Skull
Buffalo Skull

Buffalo Skull

Artist/Maker Ken Carlson United States, born 1937
Mediumoil on board
Dimensionsimage: 9 × 12 in. (22.9 × 30.5 cm) frame: 14 1/4 × 17 1/4 in. (36.2 × 43.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joffa and Bill Kerr, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2000.059
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA buffalo skull hangs on a light brown wall.Light hits it from the left side casting its shadow to the right.The right side of the painting is dark.Purported to be Rungius's buffalo skull.
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