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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:

Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) / Left Side "Amer. Art. F'dry"

 Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 126
Scope and Contents

Arctic explorer. Bust relief head. Inscription: Left side "Amer. Art. F'DRY, N.Y."

Dates: 1925

[Rock study for the Klipspringer Group] [art original] / A.A. Jansson

 Item — Frame 1: [Barcode: 100119028]
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

Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960) / LR "Charles Arthur Rose"

 Item — Object 1
Identifier: Art Survey No. 235
Scope and Contents

Roy Chapman Andrews in suit standing with hands in suit pockets, wearing glasses. Andrews was Museum Director from 1935 to 1941, naturalist, explorer, author, known for his expeditions to Asia. Frame: Gilt wood, gesso, laurel design.

Dates: 1937