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One bull moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
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Morning
Alternate Title(s)
- The Call of the Wild
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0030
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Drummond Gallery); to William P. Healey; (Ownings Gallery); to Private Collection, by 2024
Description"Morning A large bull moose, his head lifted up scenting, standing broadside in shallow water. Sun breaking through mist behind bull's head, a few trees visible over the back of moose," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).One bull moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Morning. A large bull moose with the head lifted up, standing broadside in shallow water and scenting. The sun is breaking through the mist behind the bull's head.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 20701, Feb. 6, 1907.
"Morning A large bull moose, his head lifted up scenting, standing broadside in shallow water. Sun breaking through mist behind bull's head, a few trees visible over the back of moose. Photograph on file." From copyright long form, February 6, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 20701.
"Morning A large bull moose, his head lifted up scenting, standing broadside in shallow water. Sun breaking through mist behind bull's head, a few trees visible over the back of moose. Photograph on file." From copyright long form, February 6, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 20701.
PDF of cover on file, scan from Glenbow archives. It shows the issue number was 17 rather than 20. Should we combine the two bib entries for this periodical into one:
"Sportsmen Score Success." The Index: Pittsburgh's Illustrated Weekly 16, no. 17 (April 27, 1907), illustrated on cover as The Call of the Wild, related story, p. 10-11.
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