Skip to main contentDescriptionOne grey wolf stands facing the left on a bluff surrounded by sagebrush with a blue sky behind him. The wolf depicted was in captivity. From the New York Zoological Society collection.Curatorial Remarks
Gray Wolf, Wyoming
Alternate Title(s)
- Grey Wolf Standing on a Bluff in Wyoming Sagebrush
- Timber Wolf
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1927
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 60 × 75 in. (152.4 × 190.5 cm)
frame: 71 3/4 × 87 1/4 in. (182.2 × 221.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Jackson Hole Preserve, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW1994.083
ClassificationsPainting
Signed
lower right,
C Rungius.
Region
Categorywildlife
Signedsigned lower right
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, "Timberwolf / Bronx Zoo," PA-1875-338.
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