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At the Edge of the Pond
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At the Edge of the Pond

Alternate Title(s)
  • Misty Moose
  • Moose, Mist, Lake
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1905
MediumOil on Board, en grisaille vs Gouache on Paper
Dimensionsimage: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0024
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceCharles K. Crane; to Z. Marshall Crane, December, 1917, by gift; to Charles H. Wilson, by gift; (Matthew's Galleries, Lake Oswego, Oregon), March 16, 2004; Private collection, Utah; (Jackson Hole Art Auction), September 14, 2013; Private collection, Jackson, Wyoming; (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada), July 23, 2016; to Private Collection
Description"At the Edge of the Pond. Bull Moose standing in the mud on the shore of a forest pond. Head turned to the left, body foreshortened. Some rocks on the right side of picture; mist rising over the pond," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
One moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: At the edge of the pond. Bull moose standing in the mud on the shore of a forest pond. 
Copyright proprietor: Rungius, Carl, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 17877, May 5, 1906.
"At the Edge of the Pond. Bull Moose standing in the mud on the shore of a forest pond. Head turned to the left, body foreshortened. Some rocks on the right side of picture; mist rising over the pond. Photograph on file." From copyright long form, May 5, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17877. 

Bibliography
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Courtesy Michael Frost
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Laney Hicks
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The Pond: Snipes and Frog
William Jacob Hays Sr.
1862
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy of the Scottsdale Art Auction
Carl Rungius
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Hopkins Family Archival Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
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Courtesy Heritage Auctions
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