Carl Rungius (1869-1959), Attributed, Elk Study. 12 x 14". I purchased this downstate, just north of the city a few years ago. It was filthy, and I paid little, but it looked like it had potential. I sent it to my conservator with an Ashcan portrait and forgot about it....When it came back, I could barely believe the change. A completely brilliant oil sketch, unsigned, Relined. Painted rapidly and skillfully with a touch and color palette only reached by the best artists.