[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
Creator
- Jansson, Arthur August, 1890-1960 (Artist, Person)
Extent
1 Item : painting : oil on canvas ; 84 x 56 cm., in frame 92 x 64 cm.
Local note
Located in Special Collections, Art cart--bottom shelf.
Creator
- Jansson, Arthur August, 1890-1960 (Artist, Person)
- Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African Hall Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1926-1927) (Organization)
- Akeley Memorial Hall of African Mammals (Organization)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
