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Art Survey

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Distinguishes art works in the museum that were identified and described as part of an art survey, circa 2000.

Found in 940 Collections and/or Records:

Art Survey No. 255: Badger and Blackbird / LR "Charles Livingston Bull", circa 1925

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 255
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: circa 1925
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 258: Honorable Joseph H. Choate (1832-1917) portrait, 1911

 Item — Frame 1: [Barcode: 100119103]
Identifier: Art Survey No. 258
Scope and Contents

Portrait of seated man in academic robe with hand holding coat lapel and other arm on arm rest. Inscription: Frame plate "Honorable Joseph H. Choate/A Founder of the American Museum/and a Patron of the Arts and Sciences/Painted by the Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy/and presented by her to the American Museum of Natural History/February 29, 1911. Choate was American lawyer and diplomat; founder and trustee of A.M.N.H.

Dates: 1911
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 259: Arthur Stannard Vernay (1877-1960) / LR "H. James Gunn - Kalahari 1930", 1930

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 259
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1930
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 262: [Forest scene], 9999 - 9999

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 262
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 9999 - 9999
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 263: Albert E. Parr (1900-1991) / UR "Willard W. Cummings", 1960

 Item — Frame 1: [Barcode: 100119088]
Identifier: Art Survey No. 263
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Albert E. Parr, Director of A.M.N.H. 1942-1959. Norwegian-American zoologist, oceanographer. Frame: Silver gilt wood, 49 1/2 x 44 1/2.

Dates: 1960
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 265: John David Wolfe (1792-1872) / ML "D. Huntington", 1878

 Item — Frame 1: [Barcode: 100119112]
Identifier: Art Survey No. 265
Scope and Contents Portrait of man with a beard sitting on red leather arm chair, lion head design on arm rest, holding open book in left hand. Wolfe was first President of A.M.N.H. 1869-1872, merchant and philanthropist. Support: Canvas. Frame: Gilt wood and gesso, foliate design, 57 3/4 x 51 7/8. Inscription: Frame plate "John David Wolfe/First President/of the/American Museum of Natural History/April 8, 1869 - May 17, 1872" On back in chalk "J D Wolfe." 1878 copy of earlier portrait. See Meeting of the...
Dates: 1878
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 268: [Mountain Lion Background Study], 1941

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 268
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1941
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 269: [Mountain Lion Background Study], 1941

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 269
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1941
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 275-285: [Studies for the dioramas in the American Museum of Natural History's African Hall], 1926

 Series
Identifier: Art Survey No. 275-285
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1926
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey

Art Survey No. 300: Achilles Surgeon Fish / LR "William E. Belanske", 1931

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 300
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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: 1931
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Art Survey No. 1-1459, AMNH Art Survey
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