Art Survey No. 47: Aurora Borealis (Second Series of 8, 7 unlocated), 1909-1910
Scope and Contents
Hills in foreground with sky aurora.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-1910
Creator
- Davis, Leonard Moore, 1864-1938 (Person)
Biographical sketch
Davis was an American landscape artist, who painted extensively in Canada, Alaska and the west coast. He left hundreds of paintings at the American Museum of Natural History and it took the Museum many years to return the majority of them, to his heirs. Davis was born in Winchendon, Mass. and died in Tarzana, Calif.
Full Extent
1 Object : painting : oil on artist board ; 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Davis, Leonard, 1929..
General Note
Condition: Good, dirty (2).
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
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