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Four or five caribou.Curatorial Remarks
Midnight Storm on Alaskan Heights
Alternate Title(s)
- A Midnight Storm on Alaskan Hights [sic]
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1905
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0014
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
needs examination
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"A Midnight Storm on Alaskan Hights [sic]. A bunch of caribou traveling over a divide through the mist. Three animals plainly visible, the one furthest to the left lowering its head. Snowbank in foreground on the left side," from 1905 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).Four or five caribou.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Midnight storm on Alaskan heights. Bunch of caribou traveling over a divide through the mist.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 16569, Dec. 28, 1905.
"A Midnight Storm on Alaskan Hights [sic]. A bunch of caribou traveling over a divide through the mist. Three animals plainly visible, the one furthest to the left lowering its head. Snowbank in foreground on the left side. (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, December 28. 1905, Class I. XXc. No. 16569 (Class I: Works of Art).
"A Midnight Storm on Alaskan Hights [sic]. A bunch of caribou traveling over a divide through the mist. Three animals plainly visible, the one furthest to the left lowering its head. Snowbank in foreground on the left side. (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, December 28. 1905, Class I. XXc. No. 16569 (Class I: Works of Art).
Harrington Bird