Lost Beauty: II, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York

Here are images for the Lost Beauty: II- The Art of Museum Stories at the Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York and here are two time-lapse videos of the creation of three paintings: Cylinder seal from 2nd/3rd Early Dynasty Mesopotamia,  seven-footed frog and blue-spotted salamander.

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034861 sherd 150
Pottery Sherd
53″ x 48″
AD 1300-1650,
Simmons Site, Elma, New York
Niagara Frontier Archaeological Project, 1959.
C20696.

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034862 butterfly necklace 150
Pendant
44″ x 48″
Kingfisher feathers, coral, metals
19th century
China
Gift of Chauncey J. Hamlin, 1954.
C18523.

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034864 extinct plant 150Blue-eyed Mary (Extinct)
34″ x 48″
Collinsia verna
May 5, 1890,
Buffalo, New York.
Clinton Herbarium of the Buffalo Museum of Science
52866

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034866 sea mouse 150Sea Mouse
30″ x 48″
Aphrodita aculeata
1891
Transfer from the Smithsonian Institution

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034869 pebble carrier 150Carrier Shell
48″ x 53″
Xenophora calculifera
Shell, stones
Nd. Indian Ocean
Donated by Mrs. J. D. Larkin, 1923.
No. 100:1:1,2

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034873 tiny basket 150Basket
48″ x 48″
Plant fiber
Early 20th century
Pomo, California
Museum Exchange, 1940
C13455c

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034875 rat tail earing 150Earring
48″ x 55″
Rat tail, plant fiber
19th century
Kairuku Subdistrict, Papua New Guinea
P.G.T. Black Collection, 1938.
C11206

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034877 small bowl 150Zoomorphic Vessel
48″ x 48″
Ceramic
Pre-Columbian
Chiriqui Province, Panama
Museum Purchase, 1891
C1185

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034879 cicada 150
Cicada Type
36″ x 72″
Zammara medialinea
September 19, 1980
Aragua, Rancho Grande, Venezuela

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034883 cage 150Cricket Cage
48″ x 72″
Ivory
Early 20th century
China
Gift of Chauncey J. Hamlin, 1948
C16122

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034888 cylinder 150Cylinder Seal
48″ x 72″
Shell
2nd/3rd Early Dynasty
Mesopotamia [Modern Day Iraq]
Museum Purchase, 1943
C14403

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034889 frog 150Seven Footed Frog
60″ x 66″
Specimen preserved in fluid

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034891 mussels 150Mussel (Extinct )
48″ x 72″
Epioblasma haysiana
Alabama
M365A-7

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034894 fossil 150Eurypterid Fossil
42″ x 72″
Pterygotus cummings
Bertie Formation, Buffalo Cement Company Quarry, Buffalo, New York.
Collected by Lewis J. Bennett
E836/11321

Alberto Rey 3-20-202034895 slamander 150Blue-spotted Salamander
36″ x 72″
Ambystoma laterale
August 25th, 1956
Harris Hill Road and Haskell Drive, Lancaster, New York.
Mrs. Eleanor Friert
A181

Installation shots of the exhibition at the Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY:

1 Alberto Rey Science Center 12-2142253

2 Alberto Rey Science Center 12-21422583. Alberto Rey Science Center 12-21422613. Alberto Rey Science Center 12-21422694. Alberto Rey Science Center 12-21422725. Alberto Rey Science Center 12-21422786. Alberto Rey Science Center 12-21422857. Alberto Rey Science Center 12-21422888. Alberto Rey Science Center 12-2142311