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One moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
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In the Forest
Alternate Title(s)
- Lord of the Forest
- Bull Moose in Wooded Landscape
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1912
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 46 in. (76.2 x 116.8 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0089
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe artist; to August Heckscher, 1912; to Theodore Roosevelt, by gift; exchanged with artist for Going to his Doom (CC.0072), 1913; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York); to Private Collection.
Description"Bull moose, in opening in forest listening, broadside, facing left," from 1912 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).One moose depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: In the Forest. Bull Moose, in opening in forest listening, broadside, facing left.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 42095, Oct. 29, 1912.
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-192 / (dupl).
Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-192 / (dupl).
Given as a gift to Theodore Roosevelt on his 54th birthday by Mr. August Heckscher (1912). Exchanged with Rungius for cc.0072, Going to his Doom, 1913 - at Sagamore Hill.
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