Art Work
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Moore, Benson Bond, 1882-1974
setName: label: See more items in
content: Benson Bond Moore papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: (Box 2-4, 6, OV 8; 2.2 linear feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904-1991
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moorbens, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: A portion of the artwork is organized according to a numbering system of unknown origin, possible created by Moore.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Art work consists of 1040 drawings, 43 watercolor sketches, 526 etchings, 187 lithographs, 8 paintings, and 5 bas-relief sculptures. Subjects are primarily of wildlife and nature, landscapes, seascapes, urban scapes, and architecture. Portrait drawings and etchings by Moore include those of fellow artists Herbert F. Clark, Robert G. Cornett, August H. O. Rolle, and Charles Seaton. The bas-relief sculptures are of a lion, buffalo, fish, and penguin. Art work by others includes drawings and prints by Arthur Beaumont, Herbert F. Clark, Edwin G. Cassedy, J. C. Claghorn, John Doctoroff, Thomas Handforth, F. Dano Jackley, W. L. Maclean, Arvid Nyholm, Eliot O'Hara, Walter King Stone, and Ruel P. Tolman.