Skip to main contentDescriptionA herd of bison move across a rough and grassy terrain with a cloudy blue sky. One large bison is close to the foreground on the left side following the pack to the right. From the New York Zoological Society collection.Curatorial Remarks
The Days of the Bison Millions, American Buffalo in Northwest Wyoming
Alternate Title(s)
- The Days of Bison Millions (Looking West Toward the Wyoming Range)
- In the Days of the Bison Millions
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1917
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 69 × 90 in. (175.3 × 228.6 cm)
frame: 74 × 102 1/2 in. (188 × 260.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Jackson Hole Preserve, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1994.081
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Region
Categorywildlife
IllustrationGallery of Wild Animal Paintings in the Zoological Park from the Collection of the New York Zoological Society. New York: New York Zoological Society (Charles Francis Press), 1930. np.
On View
On viewBack of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "11966," and is stamped "New York Zoological Society Photo / The Zoological Park," PA-1875-321. In another hand, "The Days of the Bison Millions."
Exhibitions
William de la Montagne Cary