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"Elkland. A mountain valley, the evening sun striking the back of it. A bull elk going bugling down hill toward a bunch of elks visible on a meadow. Two large trees behind elk in foreground," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Eight or more elk depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
Elkland
Alternate Title(s)
- Male Olympian Elk
- Male Olympian Elk: Calling to the Herd
- Male Olympian Elk Calling the Herd
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 18 x 24 in. (45.7 x 61 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Sotheby's, New York, 1999
Object numberCC.0038
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York); (Sotheby's, New York), May 27, 1999
Description"Mountain valley, the evening sun striking the back of it, a bull elk going bugling down hill toward a bunch of elk," from 1907 copyright registration form (Class I: Works of Art)."Elkland. A mountain valley, the evening sun striking the back of it. A bull elk going bugling down hill toward a bunch of elks visible on a meadow. Two large trees behind elk in foreground," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Eight or more elk depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Elkland. Mountain valley, the evening sun striking the back of it, a bull elk going bugling down hill toward a bunch of elks.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 21619, Apr. 23, 1907.
"Elkland. A mountain valley, the evening sun striking the back of it. A bull elk going bugling down hill toward a bunch of elks visible on a meadow. Two large trees behind elk in foreground. [etc.] (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, April 23, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 21619.
"Elkland. A mountain valley, the evening sun striking the back of it. A bull elk going bugling down hill toward a bunch of elks visible on a meadow. Two large trees behind elk in foreground. [etc.] (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, April 23, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 21619.