From accession sheet: "Pencil sketch - study for diorama of moose in Bell Museum." This is a crisp pencil contour drawing depicting the entirety of the landscape background for the Gunflint Lake moose diorama. Pencil notes on the drawing indicate numbers of detail drawings, #M-1 through #M-7. Additional notes indicate artificial water level and ...
Pencil sketch of a view of Gunflint Lake, with extensive use of letter coding to indicate color. Code is as follows, according to key at upper right: "W = White"; "L = Light"; "M = Mixed"; "D = Dark."
Pencil drawing of a cedar tree leaning to right; top of cedar tree not visible. Reverse side of sheet has the same drawing, traced, with less shading than the drawing on front. Study for the Bell Museum's Gunflint Lake diorama.
Pencil drawing of a cedar tree leaning to right; top of cedar tree not visible. Reverse side of sheet has the same drawing, traced, with less shading than the drawing on front. Study for the Bell Museum's Gunflint Lake diorama.
Pencil drawing of toppled cedar tree. Leaves and branches are mostly gone, except for several branches extending down into the water. This drawing was a study for the Bell Museum's "Moose on Gunflint Lake" diorama, where the same tree appears at approximately the middle of the painted background.
Oil painting set on the shores of Gunflint Lake, MN. Four caribou crossing a snowy, icy field. The caribou are placed in the middle distance, dwarfed by the trees, snow-covered rocks, and cliffs of the landscape around them.
Pencil drawing of a wood-burning barrel stove. A kettle and lidded pot (Dutch oven) sit on top of the stove; a door-puller and two cut logs lay at the stove's feet. A handwritten note at upper right reads "Barrel Stove Gunflint", referring to Gunflint Lake, MN. Reverse side of sheet has a small sketch of an antler or antlers.
Pencil drawing of a section of an alder tree consisting of multiple small branches and twigs, possibly partially submerged. Handwritten notes on upper center and center right: "#M-6" and "Alder - Gunflint - Oct 30 '43." This is almost certainly a study for the Moose diorama at the Bell Museum, which is also set at Gunflint Lake and was completed...
