Under Coal Creek Camp

Alternate Title(s)

"I Saw the Bear Slowly Walking Along the Upper Surface of the Basin"

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959

Date1906

MediumOil on Canvas

DimensionsUnknown

Credit LineLast known with J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York

Object numberCC.0029

ClassificationsPainting

Signed? 1

Inscribed? 1

Subject

Bear, Grizzly

Region

Yukon, Canada or Alaska, United States

Categorywildlife

Provenance(J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York)

Illustration

Sheldon, Charles. The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1911, illustrated in color after page 22.

Description"Near Coal-Creek Camp. A grizzly bear going up a grassy slope, a cub at her heels. Snow banks on the sides of cañon in background, tops of mountains disappearing in mist," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Two bears depicted.Curatorial Remarks

Copyright title/description: Under coal creek camp - a grizzly bear going up a grassy slope, a cub at her heels. Snowbanks on the sides of cañon in background & tops of mountains disappearing in mist.

Class I, XXc, no. 20519, Jan. 18. 1907.
"Near Coal-Creek Camp. A grizzly bear going up a grassy slope, a cub at her heels. Snow banks on the sides of cañon in background, tops of mountains disappearing in mist. Photograph on file." From copyright registration long form, January 18, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 20519.
This painting appears to be inscribed Copyright 1906 even though the registration is for 1907, hence the 1906 date.

Bibliography

The Wilderness of the Upper Yukon: A Hunter's Explorations for Wild Sheep in Sub-Arctic Mountains