Captured Motion: Skeletal Studies by S. Harmsted Chubb (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1985 March 19 - 1985 June 16

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened March 19, 1985 and closed June 16, 1985. Located in Section 4, Floor 1 in Gallery 1 at the American Museum of Natural History. Captured Motion: Skeletal Studies by S. Harmsted Chubb, curated by Marie Lawrence of the Museum's Department of Mammalogy, featured the major works from Chubb's four-decade career at the Museum.

Summary

Captured Motion: Skeletal Studies by S. Harmsted Chubb featured the major works from Chubb's four-decade career at the Museum (1, p. 1). It was curated by Marie Lawrence, scientific assistant in the Department of Mammalogy, under the supervision of curator Guy Musser. Lawrence researched and wrote scripts, found and selected cataloged photographs from the Museum Library's collection, and obtained video tapes from research and commercial sources. She collaborated with George Gardner of the Museum's Department of Exhibition and Graphics and representatives from Applebaum and Associates to design the exhibition (2, p. 29).

Samuel Harmsted Chubb (1863-1949), served as osteologist and associate curator in the Museum's Department of Comparative Anatomy and was an expert on the articulation and movement of bones. All his major works, which were mounted between 1903 and 1949, were featured in the exhibition, and they included (1; 3):

*Sysonby (race horse)

*Lee Axworthy (race horse)

*A draft horse pulling a heavy load

*A wolf pursuing a wild horse

*A donkey scratching its hind legs

*A rearing horse juxtaposed with a human (used as the official Museum logo at the time)

The exhibition also featured photographs by Eadweard Muybridge, on whose photographic studies Chubb built his work (3).

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. "Exhibition Captures Precision and Beauty of Animals in Motion." December 24, 1984. Departmental Records, DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

(2) American Museum of Natural History. Annual Reports, Departmental. "[Annual Report Department of Mammalogy 1984-1985]" [1985]. Departmental Records, DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

(3) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. "Media Advisory: Press Preview for Captured Motion: Skeletal Studies by S. Harmsted Chubb." March 5, 1985. Departmental Records, DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Exhibition.
Designed exhibition under George Gardner with Applebaum and Associates and Marie Lawrence from the Museum's Department of Mammalogy (2, p. 29)

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Library Services.
Photographs in exhibition came from Museum Library collection (2, p. 29)

American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy.
Related department (2, p. 29)

American Museum of Natural History. Gallery 1.
Location of exhibition 1985 March 19 – 1985 June 16 (1, p. 1)

Applebaum and Associates
Design firm, collaborated with George Garder from the Museum's Department of Exhibition and Marie Lawrence from the Museum's Department of Mammalogy (2, p. 29).

Chubb, S. Harmsted (Samuel Harmsted) 1863-1949
Featured (1, p. 1)

Gardner, George S.
Exhibition designer, collaborated with Marie Lawrence from the Museum's Department of Mammalogy and design firm Applebaum and Associates; Museum Department of Exhibition and Graphics (2, p. 29)

Lawrence, Marie A.
Curator of exhibition; Scientific Assistant in the Museum's Department of Mammalogy (2, p. 29)

Musser, Guy G.
Supervised exhibition curator Marie Lawrence; Curator, Department of Mammalogy (2, p. 29)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1984-1985: 1, 4, 29, 50-52, 62.

American Museum of Natural History annual reports, 1902-2001.
"[Annual Report Department of Mammalogy 1984-1985]" [1985]: 29, 42.

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

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
"Exhibition Captures Precision and Beauty of Animals in Motion." December 24, 1984.; "Museum Programs & Exhibitions, Six Month Calendar, January-June 1985." January 10, 1985.; "Museum Programs & Exhibitions, Six Month Calendar, March 1985." February 1, 1985.; "Museum Programs & Exhibitions, April 1985." March 4, 1985.; "Media Advisory: Press Preview for Captured Motion: Skeletal Studies by S. Harmsted Chubb." March 5, 1985.; "Museum Programs & Exhibitions, May 1985." April 2, 1985.; "Museum Programs & Exhibitions, June 1985." May 2, 1985.

American Museum of Natural History Special Collections vertical files
Repository: AMNH Special Collections [News articles, press folders, press releases, planning materials, photo prints with captions, photo copy page from 1984-1985 Museum Annual Report]

S. Harmsted Chubb (1863-1949) / On base "A F Blaschke"
Date of resource: 1909 [Portrait used in exhibition]

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