Skip to main contentDescription"Bunch of antelope among sagebrush. Buck in foreground on left. Mountain range in distance," from 1913 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
Pronghorns facing left for the most part, one looks straight at the viewer, range of mountains in the background. Curatorial Remarks
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Antelopes
Alternate Title(s)
- Prong-Horned Antelope, Head of Green River, Wyoming
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1913
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 60 x 75 in. (152.4 x 190.5 cm)
Credit LineCollection of Glenbow R2643.3
Object numberCC.0090
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C. Rungius
Inscribed
lower left,
© C. R.
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; to New York Zoological Society; Collection of Glenbow
IllustrationGallery of Wild Animal Paintings in the Zoological Park from the Collection of the New York Zoological Society. New York: New York Zoological Society (Charles Francis Press), 1930. np.
Pronghorns facing left for the most part, one looks straight at the viewer, range of mountains in the background. Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Antelopes. Bunch of antelopes among sage-brush. Buck in foreground on left. Mountain range in distance.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 44283, Jul. 29, 1913.Copyright registration card at Glenbow:
Antelopes. Bunch of antelopes among sage brush. Buck in foreground on left. Mountain range in distance. By Carl Rungius of the United States.
July 29, 1913, Class G, XXc., No. 44283
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "Bronx Zoo," PA-1875-336. Rungius painted out three pronghorn in the back left. Twelve antelope depicted in first version (see copyright and Glenbow photographs). In final version, nine antelope depicted.
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