Chinese Kites (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1971 June 16 - 1971 September

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened June 16, 1971 and closed September 1971. Located on Floor 2 in the Akeley Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Chinese Kites featured twenty paper and bamboo kites collected by Bertold Laufer, a member of the Museum's Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1898-1905), and was curated by Walter Fairservis of the Museum's Department of Anthropology.

Summary

Chinese Kites featured twenty paper and bamboo kites collected by Bertold Laufer, a member of the Museum's Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1898-1905), and was curated by Walter Fairservis of the Museum's Department of Anthropology.

This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. "Antique Chinese Kites to be Shown at the American Museum of Natural History June 16." June 9, 1971. Departmental Records, DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

For more information on this exhibition see:

"Antique Chinese Kites at American Museum." New York Visitor's Reporter, June 18, 1971.

"Antique Kites at Museum." New York Post, June 14, 1971.

"Chinese Kites." Park East (New York, NY), June 17, 1971.

Herbert, Jay. "September Around New York." House and Garden, September 1971.

"High as a...See Them?" New York Post, June 15, 1971.

"Kites Shown." Village Voice (New York, NY), May 27, 1971.

Martin, Jo. "All Aboard Coast Guard." Daily News (New York, NY), June 18, 1971.

"Museum of Natural History Has Exhibit of Ancient Chinese Kites." The Valley Star (NJ), September 23, 1971.

"Natural History Museum Shows Chinese Kites." Riverdale Press (New York, NY), July 1, 1971.

"Shows—Exhibits." The New Haven Register Journal-Courier (New Haven, CT), July 3, 1971.

Welish, Marjorie. "Art." Manhattan East (New York, NY), August 10, 1971.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Akeley Gallery.
Location of exhibition 1971 June 16 – 1971 September; referred to as the Akeley Corridor Gallery in Museum documentation (1, p. 2)

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Anthropology.
Related department (1)

Fairservis, Walter Ashlin 1921-1994
Curator of exhibition (1, p. 1-2)

Jacob H. Schiff Chinese Expedition (1901-1904)
Berthold Laufer may have collected kites displayed in exhibition during expedition

Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902)
Berthold Laufer collected kites in exhibition during expedition (1, p. 1)

Laufer, Berthold 1874-1934
Collected kites in exhibition for Museum during Jesup North Pacific Expedition and possibly during the Jacob H. Schiff Expedition to China (1, p. 1)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1970-1971: 7, 20, 39.

subjectOf

American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1972: 16, 36, 40

American Museum of Natural History photographic drawers
Repository: AMNH Special Collections [Black and white photo contact sheets of exhibition on view]

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
"Antique Chinese Kites to be Shown at the American Museum of Natural History June 16." June 9, 1971.; ''Calendar of Events." June 1971.

American Museum of Natural History Special Collections vertical files
Repository: AMNH Special Collections [News articles, exhibition summary]

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