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Creator:
Brookgreen Gardens  Search this
Subject:
Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt)  Search this
Huntington, Anna Hyatt, 1876-1973  Search this
Tarbox, Gurdon L.  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
Sound recording: 1 Sound cassette
Access Note / Rights:
Untranscribed; use requires an appointment.
Summary:
An acoustiguide tour of Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina narrated by A. Hyatt Mayor, the nephew of sculptor Anna Hyatt-Huntington, with an introduction by the director at that time, Gurdon Lucius Tarbox, Jr. Mayor discusses sculpture in the collection by numerous sculptors including Anna Hyatt-Huntington, Charles Rumsey, Daniel Chester French, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Excerpts from interviews with Anna Hyatt-Huntington are included in the recording.
Citation:
Acoustiguide tour of Brookgreen Gardens, 1971. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Sculpture garden, Murrells Inlet, S.C. Est. 1931 by Archer Huntington and his wife, sculptor Anna Hyatt-Huntington. The garden features the work of American figurative sculptors from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as Southeastern flora and fauna.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Provenance unknown.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Outdoor sculpture -- South Carolina  Search this
Animal sculpture  Search this
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Sculpture -- 19th century  Search this
Figure sculpture, American  Search this
Sculpture gardens -- South Carolina  Search this
Theme:
Art organizations  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10995
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214875
AAA_collcode_broogard
Theme:
Art organizations
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214875