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American Black Bear

Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1929
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 61 1/2 × 76 1/2 in. (156.2 × 194.3 cm) frame: 72 × 87 in. (182.9 × 221 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Jackson Hole Preserve, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1994.082
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
DescriptionOne large black bear walks onto a log moving to the left. Behind him are leaves with fall colors. From the New York Zoological Society collection.
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