Arthus Bertrand

Arthus Bertrand was a designer.

Also recorded as M. Arthus Bertrand; Maison Arthus-Bertrand; Arthus-Bertrand.

Arthus Bertrand in brief

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Catalogued works

15 works under this name are catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1800 to 2004.

Legion of Honor, Republic of France, dated ca. 1910, gold, silver, enamel, silk, leather, paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2013.493.3a, b. The Pineda Club, Mobile, Alabama, Perspective Sketch, dated c. 1960, marker on tracing paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory RX23664/99.110. Convertible Gun Crate, Perspective, dated 1943, collage of cut gelatin silver print with opaque watercolor, translucent brown film, and printed translucent white film on light brown board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory RX23664/161.1. Marina City, Chicago, Perspective Looking West, dated 1985, marker on tracing paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory RX23664/75.57. River City I, Chicago, Model, dated c. 1977, mixed media, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory RX23664/110.416. Typical Apartment Layout, Marina City, Chicago, Floor Plan, dated 1960, ink and graphite on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory RX23664/75.88. Prentice Women's Hospital, Chicago, Floor Plan, dated c. 1970-71, graphite, ink, and blackline print on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory RX23664/103.22. La terre vue du ciel : 10,000 coeurs pour un ruban rouge - Le Mans (47 60' - 0 10' E) / Yann Arthus-Bertrand., dated [between 2004 and 2014], held by Wellcome Collection. Surgical instruments used in Chinese medicine. Lithograph., held by Wellcome Collection. Mémoire sur les plis cérébraux de l'homme et des primatès / par Pierre Gratiolet., dated [1854], held by Wellcome Collection. Voyages dans la péninsulé occidentale de l'Inde et dans l'ile de Ceilan ... / Traduits du holandois par M. J[ansen]., dated 1811, held by Wellcome Collection. Mémoires sur la nature et le traitement de plusiers maladies / par Antoine Portal ; avec Le Precis des Experiences sur les animaux vivans, d̕un cours de Physiologie Pathologique., dated 1800, held by Wellcome Collection. Recherches pathologiques sur la fièvre de Livourne de 1804 : sur la fièvre jaune d'Amérique et sur les maladies qui leur sont analogues / Par J. Tommasini ... Ouvrage traduit de l'italien par A.M.D.M., dated 1812, held by Wellcome Collection. An Icelandic woman with leprosy. Coloured engraving by C. Annedouche after L. Bévalet., dated 1838, held by Wellcome Collection. An Icelandic man with leprosy. Coloured engraving by A. Tardieu after L. Bévalet., dated 1838, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 32 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

HUMAN, Film documentario di Yann Arthus-Bertrand 2015, Ricerca Psicoanalitica, 2020. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Planet Savers: 301 Extraordinary Environmentalists. HUMAN, Film documentario di Yann Arthus-Bertrand 2015, RICERCA PSICOANALITICA, 2018. ’Home’: Una herramienta para contribuir a la educación por un futuro sostenible, Revista Iberoamericana de Educación, 2012. Dynamic transcriptomic features accompanying the onset of first flowering in roses, BMC Plant Biology, 2025. “A Wide-Angle View of Fragile Earth”: Capitalist Aesthetics in The Work of Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Open Cultural Studies, 2018. Analysis of Spot Response Temperature Fields in Microfluidic Systems: Analogy with the “Heart of Voh”, Proceedings, 2025.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (126380532), Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (103757754X) and Getty Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) (500340514). Those registers additionally record the forms Bertrand, Arthus-Claude, Bertrand, Claude-Arthus, Bertrand, Claude Arthus, Arthus Bertrand, Arthus Bertrand, Claude, Bertrand Arthus, Claude and Bertrand, Arthus.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 5 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 9 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 9 means 9 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1910Legion of Honor, Republic of France (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  2. 1943Convertible Gun Crate, Perspective (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 1960The Pineda Club, Mobile, Alabama, Perspective Sketch (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  4. 1960Typical Apartment Layout, Marina City, Chicago, Floor Plan (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1977River City I, Chicago, Model (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1985Marina City, Chicago, Perspective Looking West (The Art Institute of Chicago).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    HUMAN, Film documentario di Yann Arthus-Bertrand 2015, RICERCA PSICOANALITICA, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    HUMAN, Film documentario di Yann Arthus-Bertrand 2015, Ricerca Psicoanalitica, 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Planet Savers: 301 Extraordinary Environmentalists

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 5 articles naming Arthus Bertrand.

    open access index · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 103757754X, Arthus-Bertrand, Claude.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  6. 6.

    Getty Union List of Artist Names 500340514, Arthus-Bertrand, Yann.

    authority file · Unverified · The Getty Research Institute

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  7. 7.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Arthus Bertrand.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  8. 8.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Arthus Bertrand (3 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  9. 9.

    VIAF cluster 126380532 for Arthus Bertrand, aggregating national library name authorities.

    authority file · Unverified · OCLC

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 32 works naming Arthus Bertrand.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3278594: Arthus Bertrand

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  12. 12.

    “Arthus-Bertrand”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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