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Eight caribou depicted.Curatorial Remarks
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On the Upper Yukon
Alternate Title(s)
- Mountain Caribou
- On the Upper Yukon, Osorne
- On the Upper Yukon, Osborne Caribou at the Junction of the Pelly and MacMillan Rivers, Yukon, Territory
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1926
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 45 in. (76.2 x 114.3 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Hayden, Idaho, 2000
Object numberCC.0100
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceMrs. Constance Cushing Bessey, Waban, Mass., by 1926; William O. Sweet, Reno, Nevada; Robert M. Scriver; to (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Hayden, Idaho), July 29, 2000
Description"Oil painting of Herd of Caribou in Alaska called "On the Upper Yukon" on upper slopes of snow clad mountain, River in valley and Mts. in distance," from 1926 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).Eight caribou depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Oil painting of Herd of Caribou in Alaska called "On the Upper Yukon" on upper slopes of snow clad mountain, River in valley and Mts. in distance.
Copyright proprietor: Mrs. Constance Cushing Bessey, Waban, Mass.
Class G, XXc. no. 77631, Jun. 15, 1926.
Drypoint print, Mountain Caribou, dated April, 1931.
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-61.