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Near the Arctic Circle
Alternate Title(s)
- Alaskan White Sheep
- Dall Sheep
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1913
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 26 x 38 in. (66 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LineCollection of Glenbow 59.15.6
Object numberCC.0092
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceCollection of Glenbow
Description"Four white rams on a mountain top in foreground. Mountains in distance covered by storm clouds," from 1913 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art). Painting originally featured four sheep (in copyright photo). One sheep later painted out, now three sheep depicted.Curatorial RemarksCopyright title/description: Near the Arctic Circle. Four white rams on a mountain top in foreground. Mountains in distance covered by storm clouds.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 44284, Jul. 29, 1913.
Drypoint print, Dall Sheep, dated April 1928.
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "'Alaskan White Sheep,'" PA-1875-262. Farthest sheep in background panted out after photograph taken.
Drypoint print, Dall Sheep, dated April 1928.
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "'Alaskan White Sheep,'" PA-1875-262. Farthest sheep in background panted out after photograph taken.
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