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Siesta
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Siesta

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0045
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"Siesta. A shaded spot between two rocks in the timber. A bull elk standing facing, one cow lying along side of him, drowsing, head turned toward bull," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Three elk depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Siesta. A shaded spot between two rocks, in the timber. A bull elk standing facing, one cow lying, along side of him drowsing.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius, Carl, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 24010, Dec. 12, 1907. 
"Siesta. A shaded spot between two rocks in the timber. A bull elk standing facing, one cow lying along side of him, drowsing, head turned toward bull. [Etc.] (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, December 12, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 24010. 
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