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Solitude
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Solitude

Alternate Title(s)
  • Caribou
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1909
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 26 x 38 in. (66 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LineLast known with March in Montana, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 2015
Object numberCC.0063
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Provenance(March in Montana, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), March 19, 2015
Description"Solitude. A bull Caribou, his back and head cutting over the sky line, standing on a hillside overlooking the valley. Evening sun striking neck and antlers," from 1909 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
One caribou depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Solitude. A bull caribou, his back and head cutting over the sky line standing on a hillside.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 28228, Feb. 2, 1909.
"Solitude. A bull Caribou, his back and head cutting over the sky line, standing on a hillside overlooking the valley. Evening sun striking neck and antlers. Photograph on file. " From copyright registration long form, February 2, 1909, Class I. XXc. No. 28228. 
Bibliography
Exhibitions
Courtesy Sotheby's Auction House
Carl Rungius
1907
Hopkins Family Archival Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1908
Courtesy Christie's Private Sales
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the Rockwell Museum
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Carl Rungius
1907
ADH
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy Coeur d'Alene Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1926
Courtesy of Christie's
Carl Rungius
1908
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1907
ADH
Carl Rungius
1908