Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from Anchorage, United States

Wood bison, Alaska

Two wood bison in falling snow: the heavier, taller-humped subspecies native to Alaska, which had gone from the state by the early twentieth century.

Wood bison in snow, Alaska
Wood bison in snow, Alaska
Wood bison in snow, Alaska shown in a limewash reading corner beside an armchair and a floor lamp - scale render at 45 × 30 cm
Wood bison in snow, Alaska shown in a graphite plaster wall at night, lit by a console lamp - scale render at 45 × 30 cm
Wood bison in snow, Alaska shown in a beamed room with a greige plaster wall above a long oak sideboard - scale render at 45 × 30 cm
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Material
Size (cm)
Frame
Specification
45 × 30 cm
3 mm Aluminium
No Frame
Mount Kit Included
Price
$140

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About this work
Wood bison in snow, Alaska

Both animals stand facing away from the camera in falling snow, bare trees behind them and an empty white field beyond. They are wood bison, Bison bison athabascae: heavier on average than plains bison, with a taller hump whose highest point sits forward of the front legs. Wood bison are the subspecies that occurred naturally in Alaska, and by the early twentieth century they had disappeared from the state.

They are at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Anchorage. No head or eye shows anywhere in the frame; both animals face away, so the hump is the only thing in the picture that names the subspecies.

Materials

Metal
The edge of a Madtag aluminium print, a thin bright line, floating clear of a dark wall.

Nothing between you and the picture.

  • The surface for work that wants light.
  • Colour at full strength; blacks hold their depth.
  • Sealed under gloss: no frame, no glazing.
  • 3 mm aluminium composite, floats clear of the wall.
Arrives flat, hanging system included
Paper
A Madtag print on a sheet of matte fine art paper, curling at one corner to show its thickness.

Hahnemühle, not poster paper.

  • When you want the best.
  • Unframed, it is Hahnemühle: photographs on Photo Rag 308, 100% cotton.
  • Painterly work on German Etching 310, mould-made and textured.
  • Over 300 gsm, printed as a pigment giclée.
Arrives rolled in a Madtag tube
Framed
The corner of a Madtag print in a black wood frame, the sheet flush against the moulding behind acrylic, no mount board.

For the wall you want finished.

  • Framed and finished; no trip to a framer.
  • A different print: 200 gsm coated silk, made as one piece.
  • Black, white or natural wood moulding.
  • Acrylic glazing, no mount board: the sheet fills the frame.
Arrives flat in its frame
Canvas
A Madtag print on stretched canvas with a solid black wrapped edge.

Nothing lost around the corner.

  • Occupies the room rather than hanging flat.
  • Stretched over a 40 mm deep FSC wood frame.
  • No glazing; the weave itself takes the light.
  • The picture stops at the face; edges solid black, always.
Arrives stretched and ready to hang
See all four in the room