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The Spike
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The Spike

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0031
ClassificationsPainting
Signed Unknown
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"The Spike. A spike moose looking across a pond where a bull and cow are visible. Boggy ground. Young spruce trees behind moose. Gray rainy atmosphere," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
One moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Spike (The). A spike moose looking across a pond where a bull and a cow are visible.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 20702, Feb. 6, 1907. 
"The Spike. A spike moose looking across a pond where a bull and cow are visible. Boggy ground. Young spruce trees behind moose. Gray rainy atmosphere." From copyright registration long form, February 6, 1907, Class I. XXc. No. 20702. 
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