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One elk depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
A Knight Errant
Alternate Title(s)
- Olympian Elk
- Olympic Elk
- Wyoming Elk
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1910
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 46 1/2 in. (76.2 x 118.1 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Jackson Hole Art Auction, 2020
Object numbercc.0070
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Michael Coleman by 1985; to Judson Charles Ball and Nancy Sue Ball; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York); (Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico); (Bonhams, New York), November 28, 2012; (Heritage Auctions, New York), November 17, 2014; (Jackson Hole Art Auction), September 19, 2020
Description"'A Knights Errant.' Left side view of a stag running down steep hill," from 1910 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).One elk depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: A Knight Errant. [Large elk stag coming down mountain side.]
Copyright claimant: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc, no. 32815, Mar. 15, 1910.
Glenbow archives copyright card: "A Knights Errant." Left side view of stag running down steep hill.
Mar 15, 1910, Class G. XXc., No. 32815 Exhibitions