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The Battle Cry
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The Battle Cry

Alternate Title(s)
  • Bugling Elk
  • The Challenge
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1909
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm) frame: 34 x 42 3/8 in. (86.4 x 107.6 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, 2008
Object numberCC.0065
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Crossroads of Sport, New York), 1974; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York); Widener Estate, by 2001; (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno), July 26, 2008
Description"Bull elk, standing in bush, head in air in act of bugling, trees in background," from 1909 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
One elk depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: The Battlecry. [Bull elk, standing in bush, head in air in act of bugling, trees in background.]
Copyright claimant: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc, no. 30601, Aug. 28, 1909. 
Copryight card from Glenbow archives:
The Battle Cry. By Carl Rungius
copy received Aug. 28, 1909, Entry Class: G, XXc., No. 30601  
Bibliography
ADH
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy Sotheby's Auction House
Carl Rungius
1907
Hopkins Family Archival Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Rockwell Museum
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the March in Montana Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
ADH
Carl Rungius
1908