Curled Dead Leaf Mimicking Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Gerald H. Thayer, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Curled Dead Leaf Mimicking Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, n.d., watercolor, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.27B
Gerald H. Thayer, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Curled Dead Leaf Mimicking Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, n.d., watercolor, no dimensions available, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.27B
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Artwork Details

Title
Curled Dead Leaf Mimicking Sphinx Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Artists
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
no dimensions available
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor
Classifications
Subjects
  • Object — foliage — leaf
  • Study
  • Animal — insect — caterpillar
Object Number
1950.2.27B
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.27B

Works by this artist (2 items)

Seneca Ray Stoddard, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, ca. 1889, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.175
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Artist
Dateca. 1889
albumen silver print
Not on view
Seneca Ray Stoddard, The Antlers, Open Camp, Raquette Lake, ca. 1889, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.176
The Antlers, Open Camp, Raquette Lake
Artist
Dateca. 1889
gelatin silver print
Not on view

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