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A Good Head
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A Good Head

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1914
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsdimensions unknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0094
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceCarl Pickhardt [possibly, see notes]
Description"Large bull moose walking out into shallow water," from 1914 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
One moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: A Good Head. Large Bull Moose walking out into shallow water.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 45511, Jan. 7, 1914. 
Copyright card, Glenbow archives:
"A Good Head. Large bull moose walking out into shallow water."
Jan. 7, 1914.Class G, XXc., No. 45511 

Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "A Good Head / Jan 7, 1914," in Glenbow cataloguer's hand, PA-1875-166 (dupl). 
Back of alternate photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "New Brunswick / Mr. Spickhard ? dead / R sold," PA-1875-166 (not attached).

Notes on back of Steve Good's copy of photo "New Brunswick, possibly Carl Pickhardt (from Campfire Club) Boston Artist [indecipherable] at J Seligmann, NYC, 1951"
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