Art Survey No. 1143: Rancho La Brea Tar Pit / LR "Chas. R. Knight", 1921
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
- 1921
Biographical sketch
Born in: Brooklyn, NY;Died in: NY, NY.
Extent
1 mural : (1 mural : Oil ;, 108 x 300 in.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Morgan, J.P...
Publication Date
1921.
General Note
Pacific coast (La Brea fauna near Los Angeles), sabre-tooth tiger, ground sloth, columbian mammoth, extinct vulture, canis dirus.
General Note
Support: Canvas.
General Note
Negative #39442.
General Note
Sloths stuck in tar pits being attacked by smilodons, vultures watching from trees, wild dogs and mastodons in distance, mountains in background.
General Note
Condition: Poor (4).
General Note
Condition History: Rolled up in 1966.
General Note
http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1001142
Local Note
4-181.
Creator
- From the Collection: Sweimler, Joel D. (Compiler, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
American Museum of Natural History
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New York NY 10024 USA
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