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"The Lord of the Cañon. Mountain landscape, full sunlight. A bull elk standing in foreground between some rocks. A bunch of cows on the right side of picture bull and cows watching another bull approaching from the right," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Six elk depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
The Lord of the Cañon
Alternate Title(s)
- Lord of the Canyon
- Lord of the Cañon
- The Challenge
- Elk
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0021
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
needs examination
Inscribed
lower right,
Likely "Copyright 1906."
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"The Lord of the Cañon. Mountain landscape, full sunlight. A bull elk standing in foreground between some rocks. A bunch of cows on the right side of picture bull and cows watching another bull approaching from the right," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Six elk depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Lord of the cañon. Mountain landscape, full sunlight; a bull elk standing in foreground between some rocks.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 17264, Mar. 7, 1906.
"The Lord of the Cañon. Mountain landscape, full sunlight. A bull elk standing in foreground between some rocks. A bunch of cows on the right side of picture bull and cows watching another bull approaching from the right. (Photograph on file.)" From 1906 copyright registration long form, March 7, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17264.
Class I: works of art
"The Lord of the Cañon. Mountain landscape, full sunlight. A bull elk standing in foreground between some rocks. A bunch of cows on the right side of picture bull and cows watching another bull approaching from the right. (Photograph on file.)" From 1906 copyright registration long form, March 7, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17264.
Class I: works of art