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One moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
His Majesty the Moose
Alternate Title(s)
- The King of the Moose
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Datec. 1895
MediumOil on Canvas
DimensionsUnknown
Credit LineLocation Unknown
Object numberCC.0069
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C. Rungius
Inscribed
lower left,
© C.R.
Subject
Categorywildlife
Description"His Majesty the Moose. Left 3/4 view of moose head," from 1910 copyright registration card (Class G: Works of Art). One moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: His Majesty the Moose. (Moose-Head).
Copyright claimant: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc, no. 32172, Jan. 22, 1910.
Copyrighted well after painted, given style and signature.
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "$300.00," then, in Rungius's hand, "His Majesty the Moose / (Moose-Head) / copyright 1910 by Carl Rungius / 107 Kent St. / Brooklyn, N.Y." PA-1875-165.
The Rockford Morning Star, Feb. 23, 1913 article says this painting won honorable mention in Berlin exhibition (1910?); it also mentions that it was hung in the headquarters of The Progressives at the La Salle Hotel and when Theodore Roosevelt walked into the room and saw it he said, "Bully."
Copyrighted well after painted, given style and signature.
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "$300.00," then, in Rungius's hand, "His Majesty the Moose / (Moose-Head) / copyright 1910 by Carl Rungius / 107 Kent St. / Brooklyn, N.Y." PA-1875-165.
The Rockford Morning Star, Feb. 23, 1913 article says this painting won honorable mention in Berlin exhibition (1910?); it also mentions that it was hung in the headquarters of The Progressives at the La Salle Hotel and when Theodore Roosevelt walked into the room and saw it he said, "Bully."