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One bighorn sheep depicted.Curatorial Remarks
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
lower left,
C. Rungius
Inscribed
lower right,
copyright symbol C. R.
Subject
Region
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."
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-293. Stamped "Reproduced from the Collections of the Library of Congress."