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Sotheby's 1982 catalogue
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Out in the Open
Sotheby's 1982 catalogue

Out in the Open

Alternate Title(s)
  • Moose in Landscape
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1907
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 26 x 38 in. (66 x 96.5 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection
Object numberCC.0040
ClassificationsPainting
Signed? 1
Inscribed? 1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe Artist; to Robert F. Phillips, Pittsburgh, 1907; Private Collection, by descent.
Description"Out in the Open. Bull and a cow moose on a meadow, bull in centre of foreground, standing alert, looking toward distant hills. Between cow and bull a number of dead trees," from 1907 copyright registration long form (Class I: Works of Art).
Two moose depicted.
Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Out in the open. Bull and a cow moose on a meadow, bull in center of foreground, standing alert, looking toward a distant hill.
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class I, XXc, no. 21618, Apr. 23, 1907.

Photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow, PA-1875-159. 
Bibliography
Exhibitions
Courtesy Christie's Private Sales
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Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy of the Scottsdale Art Auction
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy of the Library of Congress
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy Sotheby's Auction House
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ADH
Carl Rungius
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Courtesy Michael Frost
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Hopkins Family Archival Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
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Courtesy Copley Fine Art Auctions
Carl Rungius
1908