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Alarmed
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Alarmed

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0034
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"Alarmed. A bull elk standing in an opening on a timber covered side hill looking startled straight ahead, his bunch of cows, partly visible over the sagebrush and grass covered foreground, running downhill toward the trees. Fore and middle ground in shade," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Four or five elk depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Alarmed. Bull elk standing in an opening on a timber covered side hill, looking, startled, straight ahead.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 20787, Feb. 15, 1907.
"Alarmed. A bull elk standing in an opening on a timber covered side hill looking startled straight ahead, his bunch of cows, partly visible over the sagebrush and grass covered foreground, running downhill toward the trees. Fore and middle ground in shade. [Etc.] Photograph on file." From copyright long form, Feb 15, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 20787.
The copyright photo may have cropped the painting on the left side because the word "Copyright" only has the word "right." 
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