Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.27A
Emma Beach Thayer, Gerald H. Thayer, Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.27A
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Artwork Details

Title
Crumpled Leaf Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Artists
Location
Not on view
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Mediums Description
watercolor
Classifications
Subjects
  • Study
  • Animal — insect — caterpillar
  • Object — foliage — leaf
Object Number
1950.2.27A
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.27A

Works by this artist (1 item)

Boris Gilbertson, Cow and Calf (completed relief sculpture for Macomb, Illinois Post Office; never installed), 1943, black walnut, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, 1987.45.1
Cow and Calf (completed relief sculpture for Macomb,…
Artist
Date1943
black walnut
Not on view

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