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.
"In 1924 a picture by Carl Rungius of
“Rocky Mountain Sheep” was bought. In 1925 a picture of the “Timber Wolf” by
Mr. Rungius was ordered and is nearing completion." (30th Annual Report of the NYZS, for the year 1925, p. 19, published January 1926). No record or image of the "Rocky Mountain Sheep" painting has been found. The Gallery of Wild Animal Paintings book lists the date of the wolf as 1927.
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