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Solitude
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Solitude

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 46 in. (76.2 x 116.8 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0041
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 0
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; to Captain W. Harry Brown, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1907; (McClees Gallery, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania); to Private Collection, 2002; (Christie's Private Sales); to Private Collection, 2019
Description
"Solitude. A bull moose standing broadside facing right near centre of picture on a brush covered hill. A number of dead trees on left of picture," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
One moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Solitude. Bull moose, standing broadside facing right on a brush covered hill, a number of dead trees to left.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 21617, Apr. 23, 1907.
"Solitude. A bull moose standing broadside facing right near centre of picture on a brush covered hill. A number of dead trees on left of picture. [etc.] (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, April 23, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 21617. 
Bibliography
Exhibitions
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1907
Sotheby's 1982 catalogue
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Scottsdale Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Carl Rungius
1908
Hopkins Family Archival Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy Michael Frost
Carl Rungius
1907
Courtesy of the March in Montana Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1909
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1909
ADH
Carl Rungius
1908
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1906
Morning
Carl Rungius
1907