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The Art of Charles Knight
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Restoration painting
Vertebrate Paleontology
Asset ID
ptc-993
Title
Rancho La Brea Tar Pit
Description
Pacific coast (La Brea fauna near Los Angeles), sabre-tooth tiger, ground sloth, columbian mammoth, extinct vulture, canis dirus. Sloths stuck in tar pits being attacked by smilodons, vultures watching from trees, wild dogs and mastodons in distance, mountains in background.
Agent (Role)
Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953
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Artist
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Date
1921
Work/Object Type
Paintings
Physical dimensions
108 x 300 in.
Collection/Work Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Art Survey No. 1143: Rancho La Brea Tar Pit, Charles R. Knight, 1921.
External Resource
AMNH Library authority record:
Knight, Charles Robert 1874-1953
Alternate Versions
Photographic Negative Number: 39442
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Image Collection Relation
AMNH Special Collections, Photographic Transparency Collection: 993
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