Lot 18 | Carl Rungius (1869-1959)
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'Big-Horn Sheep' inscribed 'C. Rungius' and '(c) CR' and 'cast by Griffoul, Newark, N.J.' (along the base) bronze with reddish brown patina 163/4 in. (42.5 cm.) high LITERATURE J. Whyte and E.J. Hart, Carl Rungius Painter of the Western Wilderness, 1986, p.113 NOTES Executed circa 1915. According to Michael Frost and Douglas Allen, a total of twelve casts of the Big-Horn SHeep were supposedly produced. The Griffoul Foundry created the early versions of the big horn. These were solid sand castings as opposed to Roman Bronze Works's lost wax casting. ( Majesty & Wilderness: Works by Carl Rungius, New York, 1985, pp. 25, 30).
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