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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 943 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Payne Whitney (1872-1930)

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1456
Dates: 1930 - 1939
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Harry Payne Whitney (1872-1930)

Hartebeest and Pack of Wild Dogs / LR "John W. Hope"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 608
Dates: 1933
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Hartebeest and Pack of Wild Dogs / LR "John W. Hope"

[Head of a Gull]

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1376
Scope and Contents

Profile of gull's head. Inscription: Card on back "The drawing on the opposite side is by John J. Audubon; drawn in 1826." Frame: Wood, framed, glazed.

Dates: 1826
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / [Head of a Gull]

[Head of Deer]

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1400
Scope and Contents

Depicts head of one individual facing right with antler velvet. No background. Inscription: Reverse "Deer's head J.W. Audubon - Zool. Soc. under conditions of will of M.R. Audubon." LR " 3 1/2 less than nature." Frame: Narrow gold frame, matted, glazed.

Dates: circa 1840s
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / [Head of Deer]

Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / Behind subject's shoulder "M. Flinsch Buba 1938"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 653
Scope and Contents

Portrait bust of Henry Fairfield Osborn, Paleontologist and AMNH President from 1908-1933. Inscription: On base plate "For Him the Dry Bones Came to Life/and Giant Forms of Ages Past/Rejoined the Pageant of the Living." On marble base "Joy Flinsch Buba/1942".

Dates: 1938
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / Behind subject's shoulder "M. Flinsch Buba 1938"

Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / LL "Lamar"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 1257
Dates: 1933
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / LL "Lamar"

Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) portrait

 Item — Frame 1: [Barcode: 100119120]
Identifier: Art Survey No. 208
Scope and Contents

Painting of man in his academic robe, holding book, 3/4 view. Inscription: Frame plate "Henry Fairfield Osborn/Fourth President/of the/American Museum of Natural History/February 10, 1908". Osborn was A.M.N.H. President from 1908 to 1933, paleontologist, naturalist, author; growth of museum and its collections are attributed to him.

Dates: undated
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) portrait

Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / Subject's left shoulder "Chester Beach 1917"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 565
Dates: 1917
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) / Subject's left shoulder "Chester Beach 1917"

Herbert Lang (1879-1957).

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 960
Dates: 9999 - 9999
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Herbert Lang (1879-1957).

Hills South of Papeete, Tahiti.

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 433
Dates: 1937
Found in: Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library / Hills South of Papeete, Tahiti.
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