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One elk depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
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
Copryight card from Glenbow archives:
The Battle Cry. By Carl Rungius
copy received Aug. 28, 1909, Entry Class: G, XXc., No. 30601