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Stag

Alternate Title(s)
  • Stagg [sic]
  • Bull Elk in the High Country
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1905
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 29 x 46 1/4 in. (73.7 x 117.5 cm)
Credit LineAmerican Museum of Western Art, Anschutz Collection
Object numberCC.0009
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
Description"Stag," from 1905 copyright form (Class H: Photographs).
One elk depicted.
Bull elk stands in three-quarter view facing towards the foreground. Downed timber and rocks behind him, pine trees beyond and rocky mountainside behind.
Bibliography
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Carl Rungius
1926
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1906
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1908
Stampede
Carl Rungius
1925
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1907
The Cragmaster
Carl Rungius
c. 1915
Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
1911
The Challenge
Emil W. Lenders
c. 1925
Courtesy Jackson Hole Art Auction
Carl Rungius
1910
An Old Fighter
Carl Rungius
1925