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Two moose depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
Rainy Day
Alternate Title(s)
- Preliminaries
- Moose on a Ridge
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1908
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 26 x 38 in. (66 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts, 2012
Object numberCC.0055
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
ProvenancePrivate Collection, Virginia, by descent in the family; (Copley Fine Art Auctions, Plymouth, Massachusetts), July 12, 2012
Description"A Rainy Day. A bull and cow Moose on a side hill, bull in middle of foreground foreshortened into the picture, cow broadside, legs covered by hill. Both looking intently to the left. Two trees behind moose; timber in background," from 1908 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).Two moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Rainy day. Bull and cow moose on a hillside, clouds hanging over distant hill.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 24820, Mar. 17, 1908."A Rainy Day. A bull and cow Moose on a side hill, bull in middle of foreground foreshortened into the picture, cow broadside, legs covered by hill. Both looking intently to the left. Two trees behind moose; timber in background. [Etc.] Photograph on file." From copyright registration long form, March 17, 1908, Class I. XXc. No. 24820.
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-146A.
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-146A.