Herd-Bull

Alternate Title(s)

Elk in the Rockies

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

Date1907

MediumOil on Canvas

Dimensionsframe: 36 1/2 x 52 1/2 in. (92.7 x 133.4 cm)

Credit LineLocation Unknown

Object numberCC.0044

ClassificationsPainting

Signed? 1

Inscribed? 1

Subject

Region

Wyoming, United States

Categorywildlife

Description"The Herd Bull. Big bull elk in foreground, walking broadside through high, dry grass. A small pine bush behind him on right side of picture. A bunch of cows standing down hill on left side," from 1907 copyright registration, long-form (Class I: Works of Art). Eleven or twelve elk depicted in final version, at least eight elk in copyright photo.Curatorial Remarks

Class I, XXc, no. 24009, Dec. 12, 1907.

"The Herdbull." From copyright registration long form, July 20, 1908, Class H. XXc. No. 113630.

Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "The Herd Bull 1907," in Glenbow cataloguer's hand, PA-1875-94 copy neg.

Note addition of more cow elk in final version (Glenbow photo and color photo) as compared to the copyright photo, especially in lower left, plus more vegetation and less rocky surface, especially in the middle right.