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An Alaskan Moose
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An Alaskan Moose

Alternate Title(s)
  • The Moose
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 1941
Object numberCC.0027
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Grand Central Art Galleries, New York), 1941
Description
"An Alaskan Moose. A bull moose very large in picture standing down hill in heavy underbrush on a timber covered side hill, broadside, looking into the picture. A single tree behind his head," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
One bull moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Alaskan moose. Bull moose, very large in picture, standing downhill in heavy underbrush on a timber covered sidehill broadside looking into the picture. A single tree behind his head. Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc. No. 20336, Dec. 22, 1906 (Class I: Works of Art)
Class H, XXc. No. 99061, September 5, 1907 (Class H: Photographs) Photo copyright may be for photogravure prints made early in Rungius's career.
"An Alaskan Moose. A bull moose very large in picture standing down hill in heavy underbrush on a timber covered side hill, broadside, looking into the picture. A single tree behind his head. Photograph on file." Copyright long form, December 22, 1906, Class I. XXC. No. 20336.
"An Alaskan Moose." Copyright registration long form, September 5, 1907, Class H, XXc. No. 99061/ - may be copyright for platinum print.
This painting was reproduced as a platinum print in 1906, see record no. M1995.030.
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-193. 

 


Bibliography
Exhibitions
Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Carl Rungius
1908
Hopkins Family Archival Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1908
Courtesy Christie's Private Sales
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Scottsdale Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1908
Hopkins Family Archival Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Glenbow Museum
Carl Rungius
1905
Courtesy of the Duquesne Club
Carl Rungius
1906
ADH
Carl Rungius
1908