Skip to main contentDescription"Herd of white sheep upon an inaccessible slope of high mountain," from 1910 copyright registration form (Class G: Works of Art).
Six or more dall sheep depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "11956" and is stamped "New York Zoological Society Photo / The Zoological Park," PA-1875-334. "Wary Game," written in another hand. Second photograph, PA-1875-254, in Sheep folder, with copyright card.Bibliography
Wary Game, Alaskan White Sheep
Alternate Title(s)
- White Mountain Sheep
Artist/Maker
Carl Rungius
United States, born Germany, 1869 - 1959
Date1910
MediumOil on Canvas
Dimensionsimage: 30 x 46 in. (76.2 x 116.8 cm)
Credit LinePrivate Collection, Idaho
Object numberCC.0075
ClassificationsPainting
Signed?
1
Subject
Categorywildlife
ProvenanceThe Artist; to Emerson McMillin, by 1910; to New York Zoological Society, by gift, 1910; (J. N. Bartfield Galleries, New York); Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Allen, New Jersey, by 1985; Tom and Jane Petrie Collection; to Private Collection, by 2025
IllustrationRungius used a detail from this painting to illustrate the menu for the Ladies' Night Camp-Fire Club menu for February 5, 1921, titling the illustration, "The Runners of the High Peaks." See record CC.0566.
Gallery 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.
Gallery 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.
Six or more dall sheep depicted.Curatorial Remarks
Copyright title/description: Wary Game, Alaskan White Sheep [Herd of white sheep upon an inaccessible slope of high mountain].
Copyright proprietor: Rungius (Carl), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Class G, XXc. no. 34224, May 31, 1910. Class G, Works of Art
Second copyright: "Wary Game." Herd of mountain goats upon inaccessible slope of high mountain.
Class H, XXc., no. 726, May 31, 1910. Class H, Reproduction.
Back of photograph from Rungius Studio Collection at Glenbow reads, "11956" and is stamped "New York Zoological Society Photo / The Zoological Park," PA-1875-334. "Wary Game," written in another hand. Second photograph, PA-1875-254, in Sheep folder, with copyright card.
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