Urania Moth, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom

Abbott Handerson Thayer, Urania Moth, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom, n.d., various media and collage on paperboard, closed: approx. 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1950.2.38
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Artwork Details

Title
Urania Moth, study folder for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
closed: approx. 12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the heirs of Abbott Handerson Thayer
Mediums Description
various media and collage on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Study
  • Animal — insect — moth
Object Number
1950.2.38
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1950.2.38

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(Model for Prehn Memorial, Passaic, New Jersey)
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Dateca. 1911-1912
painted plaster relief
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(Model for Prehn Memorial, Passaic, New Jersey)
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Dateca. 1911-1912
painted plaster relief
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Karl Bitter, Untitled (seated female nude), 1897, pen and ink on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eli Wilner and Co., Inc., 1994.31
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Artist
Date1897
pen and ink on paper mounted on paperboard
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