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One bull moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Bibliography
In Fighting Mood
Alternate Title(s)
- High Country Monarch
- Alaska Moose
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 25 x 34 in. (63.5 x 86.4 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, 2017
Object numberCC.0032
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceCollection of the Museum of Western Art, Denver, Colorado, by 1983; Daniel L. Berman, Salt Lake City, Utah; The Estate of Daniel L. Berman, Salt Lake City, Utah; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, New York); (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno), July 29, 2017
Description"A bull moose standing forward upon a hill and swinging his head sharply to the left," from 1907 copyright registration form (Class I: Works of Art).One bull moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: In fighting mood. A bull moose standing forward upon a hill and swinging his head sharply to the left.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 20703, Feb. 6, 1907.
In Douglas Allen's 1989 article, this painting is titled Alaska Moose. The setting makes sense given that they do not look particularly like the Wind Rivers and Rungius had not yet been to the Canadian Rockies.