Mac Adams
Mac Adams was a British and American sculptor and photographer (born 1943). He was born at Brynmawr.
Also recorded as Mc Adams.
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Identity
What the record establishes about Mac Adams.
A systematic arrangement of British plants / by W. Withering ; corrected and condensed ; preceded by instructions adapted for persons commencing the study of botany ; accompanied with figures by William MacGillivray. is dated 1848 and held by Wellcome Collection. Ben Rhydding : the principles of hydropathy and the compressed-air bath / by a graduate of the Edinburgh University. Together with a chapter on the improved Roman or Turkish bath. is dated 1859 and held by Wellcome Collection. A fresh holiday : six weeks at a hydropathic establishment on the Rhine in 1868; how to get there, how to return, charges, amusements, walks, excursions &c. / by N. Kennedy. is dated 1877 and held by Wellcome Collection. Alphabetical index of patentees of inventions : with an introduction and appendix of additions and corrections compiled in the Patent Office Library / Bennet Woodcroft. is dated 1969 and held by Wellcome Collection. Afternoon Sun, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, No. 8 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950) is dated 1943, printed 1950 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1959.530.8). Chemistry / by the late George Wilson ; revised and enl. by Stevenson MacAdam. is dated [between 1860 and 1869?] and held by Wellcome Collection.
On disinfection by heat : with a description of a new disinfecting chamber / by James Adams, M.D. is dated 1883 and held by Wellcome Collection. American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio is dated 1997 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2006.317.1–.40). Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park is dated c. 1937, printed 1959 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1960.372). Rose and Driftwood, San Francisco, California is dated c. 1932 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1954.1338). Portrait of Rosette Loewenstein is dated 1922/59 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1959.868). Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico is dated 1941 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1952.203).
Portrait of Annette Rosenshine is dated 1932 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1959.869). Smoke and Condensation is dated 1978 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2022.474a, b). The chemistry of common things / by Stevenson MacAdam. is dated 1877 and held by Wellcome Collection. Practical chemistry / by Stevenson MacAdam. is dated [1865] and held by Wellcome Collection. Mac Adams is recorded with the citizenship of United Kingdom and United States. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records 2 objects associated with this heading.
The Art Institute of Chicago records 6 objects associated with this heading. Wellcome Collection records 79 objects associated with this heading. Mac Adams is recorded as sculptor and photographer. Open Library catalogues 5 works under this name.
Works and catalogued output
What Mac Adams produced.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues 2 works under this heading. The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 6 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 5 works under this heading.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 79 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.
Pear systems trial, ‘Conference’ on Quince Adams and Quince EMC rootstocks in N. Ireland, Acta Horticulturae, 2022.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 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 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
Chronology
- 1943Mac Adams born at Brynmawr.
- 1943Afternoon Sun, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, No. 8 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950) (The Art Institute of Chicago).
- 1950Afternoon Sun, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, No. 8 from "Portfolio Two: The National Parks and Monuments" (1950) is dated 1943, printed 1950 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1959.530.8).
- 1969Alphabetical index of patentees of inventions : with an introduction and appendix of additions and corrections compiled in the Patent Office Library / Bennet Woodcroft. is dated 1969 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1978Smoke and Condensation (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1978Smoke and Condensation is dated 1978 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2022.474a, b).
- 1997American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1997American Abstract Artists 60th Anniversary Print Portfolio is dated 1997 and held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inventory 2006.317.1–.40).
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.
Open Library author record for Mac Adams (Internet Archive), 5 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
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Pear systems trial, ‘Conference’ on Quince Adams and Quince EMC rootstocks in N. Ireland, Acta Horticulturae, 2022
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Mac Adams.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Mac Adams (2 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 79 works naming Mac Adams.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q3273906: Mac Adams
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
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“Mac Adams”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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