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Studies of Pre-Columbian Objects from Mexico: Photographs by Lee Boltin, April 12-May 11, 1958

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Scope and Contents

An exhibition of photographs studying ancient Mexican art objects by American artist Lee Boltin, arranged by the American Museum of Natural History and circulated by the American Federation of Arts.
The exhibition records span two folders and include correspondence with the artist and registration receipts, plus photographs.

Dates

  • Creation: April 12-May 11, 1958

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

At this time, the exhibition records are unavailable to the public and will only be made available to FAMSF staff upon request.

Biographical / Historical

Lee Boltin was an American photographer who specialed in photographing ancient and folk art objects. He was born in New York City on November 19, 1917. He was trained at the American Museum of Natural History, where his early photographs focused on ancient South American (“pre-Columbian”) and Inuit art. In 1954 he left the museum to work on his own. His photographs have appeared in museums around the United States and in Europe, as well as in art books and other publications. He photographed several important exhibitions and collections, including the contents of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamen's tomb for the book “Tutankhamun: The Tomb and Its Treasures” in 1977 and the Nelson A. Rockefeller collection, which was the subject of “Masterpieces of Primitive Art” published in 1978. He died on October 29, 1991 in New York City.

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Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span two folders plus photographs.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

An exhibition of photographs studying ancient Mexican art objects by American artist Lee Boltin, arranged by the American Museum of Natural History and circulated by the American Federation of Arts. The exhibition records span two folders plus photographs.

Related Exhibitions

Legion of Honor: Sculpture of Araucan Types of Chile, Portraits and Drawings by Urbici Soler of Barcelona (1931)
de Young: Pre-Columbian Collection from Philadelphia, Costa Rica, and Cannon Island, Collected and Lent by Dr. Jose B. Gonzalez (1936)
de Young: Arts of America Before Columbus (1942)
Legion of Honor: The Arts and Crafts of Mexico: An Exhibition for Children (1942)
Legion of Honor: South American Colonial Silver (from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss and Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Berckemeyer) (1943)
Legion of Honor: Primitive Art: Study Exhibition for the Current Course, Primitive Arts and Folk Ways (1945)
Legion of Honor: Pre-Columbian Peruvian Art (1951)
Legion of Honor: Arts of Ancient America (1951)
de Young: Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Gold (1954)
Legion of Honor: Ancient Arts of the Andes (1954)
de Young: The Nathan Cummings Collection of Ancient Peruvian Art (1955)
Legion of Honor: Pre-Columbian Mexican Sculpture from San Francisco Collections (1955)
Legion of Honor: Rubbings from the Monuments of Palenque by Robert Lindsley (1955)
de Young: Gold of the Andes, Treasure of Peru (1963)
de Young: 1000 Years of American Indian Art (1964)
Legion of Honor: Pre-Columbian Art from the Victor Bergeron Collection (1969) de Young: Man and Animals from Pre-Columbia (1972)
de Young: Art of the Being Huichol: An Exhibition of Art from the Huichol Indians of Mexico (1979)
de Young: Pre-Columbian Couples from the Land Collection (1988)
de Young: The Spirit of Ancient Peru: Treasures from the Museo Acqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera (1997)
de Young: Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico (2011)

Separated Materials

Installation photograph prints are housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Photograph collection in box 21.

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Repository Details

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