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Seven elk depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
In the Foothills
Alternate Title(s)
- Elk
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 3/16 x 46 in. (76.6 x 116.9 cm)
Credit LineCollection of Glenbow 59.64.2
Object numberCC.0016
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceRuth Wacker; Collection of Glenbow
IllustrationDescription"In the Foothills. Bull elk standing on right side on sagebrush covered hill outlined against the sky, body to the right, head turned around to the left. On the left side behind the hill top two cows, one head down the other behind the first one," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Seven elk depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: In the foot hills. Bull elk standing on right side on a sagebrush covered hill outlined against the sky.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius, Carl, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 17009, Feb. 14, 1906.
"In the Foothills. Bull elk standing on right side on sagebrush covered hill outlined against the sky, body to the right, head turned around to the left. On the left side behind the hill top two cows, one head down the other behind the first one. [Etc.] Photograph on file." From copyright long form, February 14, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17009.
Looks like this painting, in its initial stages, is illustrated in A. C. Gould,"A Painter of Game Animals," Shooting and Fishing (December 18, 1902) on page 205."In the Foothills. Bull elk standing on right side on sagebrush covered hill outlined against the sky, body to the right, head turned around to the left. On the left side behind the hill top two cows, one head down the other behind the first one. [Etc.] Photograph on file." From copyright long form, February 14, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17009.
Note difference between painting in final form at Glenbow versus copyright photo.