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Going to his Doom
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Going to his Doom

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1909
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0061
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"A bull moose, head raised coming forward across a marsh toward the right. Small trees on left side of picture, two dead ones cutting the sky to the top of picture," from 1909 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
One moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Going to his doom. A bull moose, head raised coming forward across a marsh.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 28229, Feb. 2, 1909.

Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-219.

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Exhibitions
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