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In the Forest
Courtesy Michael Frost

In the Forest

Alternate Title(s)
  • Lord of the Forest
  • Bull Moose in Wooded Landscape
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1912
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 46 in. (76.2 x 116.8 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0089
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; to August Heckscher, 1912; to Theodore Roosevelt, by gift; exchanged with artist for Going to his Doom (CC.0072), 1913; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York); to Private Collection.
Description"Bull moose, in opening in forest listening, broadside, facing left," from 1912 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
One moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: In the Forest. Bull Moose, in opening in forest listening, broadside, facing left. 
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 42095, Oct. 29, 1912. 

Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-192 / (dupl).  

Given as a gift to Theodore Roosevelt on his 54th birthday by Mr. August Heckscher (1912). Exchanged with Rungius for cc.0072, Going to his Doom, 1913 - at Sagamore Hill.
Bibliography
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