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"An Elk of By-gone Times. A bull elk in foreground, full face, the horns silhouetting against the sky. A few cows behind him, going down into timber, on head of mountain cañon. Evening sun on elk and distant mountain," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Five elk depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
An Elk of Bygone Times
Alternate Title(s)
- Wapiti
- The Wapiti or American Elk
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 32 x 24 in. (81.3 x 61 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts, 2012
Object numberCC.0043
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenancePrivate Collection, Virginia, by descent in the family; to (Copley Fine Art Auctions, Hingham, Massachusetts), July 12, 2012
Description"An Elk of By-gone Times. A bull elk in foreground, full face, the horns silhouetting against the sky. A few cows behind him, going down into timber, on head of mountain cañon. Evening sun on elk and distant mountain," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Five elk depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Elk (An) of by-gone times. Painting of an elk on a mountain, cows behind.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 23692, Nov. 14, 1907.
"An Elk of By-gone Times." From copyright long form, December 5, 1907, Class H. XXc. No. 103332.
"An Elk of By-gone Times. A bull elk in foreground, full face, the horns silhouetting against the sky. A few cows behind him, going down into timber, on head of mountain cañon. Evening sun on elk and distant mountain. Photograph on file." From copyright long form, November 14, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 23692.
"An Elk of By-gone Times." From copyright long form, December 5, 1907, Class H. XXc. No. 103332.
"An Elk of By-gone Times. A bull elk in foreground, full face, the horns silhouetting against the sky. A few cows behind him, going down into timber, on head of mountain cañon. Evening sun on elk and distant mountain. Photograph on file." From copyright long form, November 14, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 23692.
In Hewitt, Conservation of the Wild Life of Canada, image cited as "Courtesy of the New York Zoological Society," however, this is not a painting on record as being associated with the NYZS.
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