American Museum of Natural History. Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
[Rock study for the Klipspringer Group] [art original] / A.A. Jansson
Item — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art Survey No. 872
Scope and Contents
Painting Jansson made during the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy Expedition to British East Africa, 1926-1927. Detail of the Lukenia Hills, forty miles east of Nairobi, with weathered granite rocks and shrubs (possibly Boswellia pyrifera). Facsimiles of the rocks were made for the Kiplinger diorama in the American Museum of Natural History's Akeley Hall of African Mammals. Signed at lower left. On back of canvas: "P.20" (and "P 356" crossed out).
Dates:
1927
[Studies for the dioramas in the American Museum of Natural History's African Hall]
Collection
Identifier: Art Survey No. 275-285
American Museum of Natural History
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