American Elk-Wapiti Deer

Artist John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

Lithographer John T. Bowen (American, 1801 - 1856)

Date1845

Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored

Dimensions21 × 27 3/4 inches (53.3 × 70.5 cm)
Frame: 28 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (73 × 88.3 × 4.4 cm)

Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1973

Object number91.100.203

ClassificationsPrints

Label TextAfter The Birds of America, Audubon next tackled the mammals of America. Again, Audubon wanted to document all the species he could find in their natural habitats. He and his sons produced The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. They portrayed four-legged animals that bear their young alive. Audubon wrote, “We have represented a pair of Elks in the foreground of a prairie scene. Observe the splendid buck as he walks lightly, proudly, and gracefully along.” The artist observed many elk when he went west. His models for this print, however, were a captive pair at his home in New York.

ProvenancePurchased September 10, 1973 through (Taylor Clark, Baton Rouge, LA) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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