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Near the Arctic Circle
Alternate Title(s)
- Alaskan White Sheep
- Dall Sheep
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1913
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 26 x 38 in. (66 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LineCollection of Glenbow 59.15.6
Object numberCC.0092
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
Description"Four white rams on a mountain top in foreground. Mountains in distance covered by storm clouds," from 1913 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art). Painting originally featured four sheep (in copyright photo). One sheep later painted out, now three sheep depicted.BibliographyExhibitions
Paul Bransom