This Is The American Earth (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1992 December 1 - 1993 January 24

Biographical or Historical Note

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Exhibition. Opened in December 1, 1992 and closed January 24, 1993. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "This Is The American Earth" was a photographic exhibition celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Sierra Club.

Summary

"This Is The American Earth" was a photographic exhibition celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Sierra Club. The exhibition was created by Ansel Adams and writer Nancy Newhall in 1955 in response to the concerns about the environment in the United States. The exhibition, which had not been on view in three decades, featured 60 black and white photographs with narrative text by historian and writer Nancy Newall. Half of the prints were by Ansel Adams. Works by Werner Bischof, Margaret Bourke-White, Francis Frith, William Garnett, Eliot Porter, Jacob Riis, Edward Weston, Minor White, Cedric Wright and others were also included. The exhibition was organized by the Sierra Club and was supported by a grant from Kubota Corporation and through the cooperation of the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust. An Arthur Ross Exhibit-of-the-Month, the exhibit was on view in the Akeley Gallery of the American Museum of Natural History from December 1, 1992 through January 24, 1993.

Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: Sierra Club.

Sources

American Museum of Natural History Press Release, November 19, 1992. Departmental Records, 101; American Museum of Natural History Library Archives.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Akeley Gallery.
Location of exhibition.

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