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The Battle Cry

Alternate Title(s)
  • Bugling Elk
  • The Challenge
Artist/Maker Carl Rungius United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1909
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 24 x 32 in. (61 x 81.3 cm) frame: 34 x 42 3/8 in. (86.4 x 107.6 cm)
Credit LineLast known with Coeur d'Alene Art Auction, Reno, 2008
Object numberCC.0065
ClassificationsPainting
Categorywildlife
Description"Bull elk, standing in bush, head in air in act of bugling, trees in background," from 1909 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
One elk depicted.
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