Plant Portraits (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1956 March 14 - 1956 April 4

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened March 14, 1956 and closed April 4, 1956. Located in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. "Plant Portraits" featured 50 paintings of pharmaceutical plants by Ida Hrubesky Pemberton.

Summary

"Plant Portraits" featured 50 paintings of pharmaceutical plants by Ida Hrubesky Pemberton. The paintings offered the layman an opportunity to see the source of many well-known medicines. The paintings were owned by the University of Colorado Museum at Boulder, and the exhibition was circulated throughout the country under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service. The exhibition was on view in the Corner Gallery of the American Museum of Natural History from March 14 through April 4, 1956.

Individuals and institutions involved in the creation of the exhibition: University of Colorado Museum at Boulder; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service.

Sources

American Museum of Natural History Press Release, March 14, 1956. 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. Corner Gallery.
Location of exhibition.

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