Carl Rungius (1869-1959)

Running Antelope

Details

Carl Rungius (1869-1959)
Running Antelope
signed 'C. Rungius' (lower right)
graphite on paper
15½ x 21½ in. (39.3 x 54.6 cm.)

Provenance

E.W. Latendorf, Inc., New York.

Literature

E.W. Latendorf, Mannados Bookshop, New York, no. 343, illustrated
The Backlog, New York, Camp Fire Club of America, vol.XXX, no. 2, Summer 1953, p. 43, illustrated
J. Whyte and E.J. Hart, Carl Rungius: Painter of the Western Wilderness, Glenhow, Alberta, Canada, 1985, p. 32

Lot Essay

Executed 1897.

This drawing was used as an illustration on the inside cover of a menu for a Camp Fire Club dinner, New York, Arkwright Club rooms, 320 Broadway, New York, January 4, 1908. Carl Rungius was on the dinner committee.

This lot is accompanied with a small copper plate of the drawing illustrated in Backlog magazine.

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