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One caribou depicted.Curatorial RemarksBibliography
A Mountain King
Alternate Title(s)
- Osborne Caribou
- Caribou (Osborni) of the Northwest and Alaska
- Yukon King-Caribou
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 24 1/2 x 32 1/4 in. (62.2 x 81.9 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0039
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
Provenance(Crossroads of Sport, New York); The Widener Family Collection, 1957; ( J.N. Bartfield Galleries, New York, label verso); Private Collection
Description"Bull caribou standing down hill on left, horns showing against sky; a number of small spruce trees end foreground," from 1907 copyright registration form (Class I: Works of Art).One caribou depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Mountain (A) King. Bull caribou standing down hill on left, horns showing against sky; a number of small spruce trees end foreground.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 21620, Apr. 23, 1907.