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The Bighorn
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The Bighorn

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1912
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0086
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; Jimmy Simpson
Description"Large mountain ram in foreground on ridge. Snow-covered mountain top behind," from 1912 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
One bighorn sheep depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: The Bighorn. Large Mountain Ram in foreground on ridge. Snow-covered mountain-top behind.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 39566, Jan. 18, 1912

 Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-293. Stamped "Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress."