Art Survey No. 18: Gemini, Regulus, and Zodiacal Light / LL "D.O. Stephens" - "Peru 1937", 1937
Scope and Contents
The Art Survey is an inventory of artwork throughout the Museum. It is not exhaustive: numerous additional artworks are documented in the library catalog after the survey's completion. Additional research on artworks in the Museum is in progress.
Dates
- 1937
Creator
- Stephens, D. Owen (Daniel Owen), 1893-1937 (Artist, Person)
Biographical / Historical
Born in: PA; Died in: Balboa/Panama Canal Zone.Active in: PA. Member of AMNH-Grace Peruvian Eclipse Expedition, 1937 died on return trip. Exhibits at AMNH 9/24/1934-10/21/1934 "Astronomical Paintings" and 9/27/1937-10/31/1937 "Astronomical Paintings." Stephens was a noted painter of astronomical subjects, author and architect.
Extent
1 Object : painting : oil on canvas ; 29 7/8 x 36 in.
Language of Materials
English
Condition
Good, dirty (2).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Junior Astronomy Club, AMNH; 9/28/1937.
General Note
Mountainous in foreground / starry night in background. "The delicately beautiful cone of light that spreads along the zodiac as seen thru fingers of clouds over the mountains, 15,000 feet above the sea in Peru." Inscription: On stretcher " 'Gemini, Regulus, and Zodiacal Light', D.O. Stephens - painted at Cerro de Pasco, Peru June 1937, Altitude 14,200 ft."
Exhibition Note
9/27-10/31/1937 AMNH "Astronomical Paintings by the late D. Owen Stephens".
Local Note
A-308, ASTRO-35476.
Creator
- Stephens, D. Owen (Daniel Owen), 1893-1937 (Artist, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
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