[Six Busts of Famous Astronomers]
Item
Identifier: Art Survey No. 35
Scope and Contents
Edwin Hubble, Albert Einstein, William Herschel, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Claudius Ptolemans.
Dates
- unknown
Creator
- Wimmer, Helmut K. (Person)
Biographical sketch
Born in: Munich, Germany;Active in: Germany; Russia; NY.AMNH employee; Art Supervisor, Hayden Planetarium 1954-1987. Invented unique method of preparing planetarium panoramas by combining sculpture techniques with painting.
Extent
1 Object : sculpture : painted plaster ; 12 x 10 inches
Language of Materials
English
General Note
Condition: Good (1).
- Art Survey
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 -- Art
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Art
- Herschel, William, 1738-1822 -- Art
- Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953 -- Art
- Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727 -- Art
- Ptolemy, active 2nd century -- Art
Creator
- Wimmer, Helmut K. (Person)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Sponsor
- The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation provided support to make this finding aid available in ArchivesSpace (2016-2017).
Repository Details
Part of the Museum Archives at the Gottesman Research Library Repository
Contact:
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
American Museum of Natural History
200 Central Park West
New York NY 10024 USA
(212) 769-5420
[email protected]
