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At The Head of the Green River

Alternate Title(s)
  • Group of Elk
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1937
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm) frame: 24 × 28 in. (61 × 71.1 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1987.113
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
SignedSigned
InscribedLower right hand corner.
DescriptionA group of seven elk stand on the right side of the patining looking to the left. Behind them is a tall mountain range with little snow and some grass, early spring. Rocks in foreground.
On View
On view
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