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Four elk total.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
The Battle Cry
Alternate Title(s)
- Elk
- Bull Elk
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1906
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 34 x 25 in. (86.4 x 63.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Tim and Karen Hixon Collection
Object numberCC.0020
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Inscribed?
1
Subject
Region
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceWilliam Temple Hornaday, The New York Zoological Society, New York; (Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York), March 14, 1968; Robert M. Scriver; to (Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Hayden, Idaho), July 29, 2000; The Tim and Karen Hixon Collection
Description"The Battle Cry. A bull elk in foreground walking down hill swinging, buglin his head around to the right; three cows further down on the right. Behind the bull, on the left side of picture, young pine tree, high mountain well in background, the top glowing in the evening sun," from 1906 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).Four elk total.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Battle cry. Bull elk in foreground walking down hill, swinging bugling his head around to the right, three cows further down to the right.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 17265, Mar. 7, 1906.
"The Battle Cry. A bull elk in foreground walking down hill swinging, bugling his head around to the right; three cows further down on the right. Behind the bull, on the left side of picture, young pine tree, high mountain well in background, the top glowing in the evening sun. (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, March 7, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17265.
Possibly revised version of CC.0005, The Battle Cry. See also, CC.0003, The Battle Cry.
"The Battle Cry. A bull elk in foreground walking down hill swinging, bugling his head around to the right; three cows further down on the right. Behind the bull, on the left side of picture, young pine tree, high mountain well in background, the top glowing in the evening sun. (Photograph on file.)" From copyright long form, March 7, 1906, Class I. XXc. No. 17265.
Possibly revised version of CC.0005, The Battle Cry. See also, CC.0003, The Battle Cry.
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