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by Sabrina Imbler
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.- More than a century ago, a bluish butterfly flitted among the sand dunes of the Sunset District in San Francisco and laid its eggs on a plant known as deerweed. As the citys development overtook the dunes and deerweed, the butterflies vanished, too. The last Xerces blue butterfly was collected in 1941 from Lobos Creek by an entomologist who would later lament that he had killed what was one of the last living members of the species. But was this butterfly truly a unique species? Scientists could all agree that the grim fate of the Xerces blue the first butterfly known to go extinct in North America because of human activities was a loss for biodiversity. But they were divided over whether Xerces was its own distinct species, a subspecies of the widespread silvery blue butterfly Glaucopsyche lygdamus, or even just an isolated population of silvery blues. This may seem a scientific quibble, but if
Dines Carlsen: In His Own Manner opens at the National Nordic Museum
Dines Carlsen, Spire of Vor Freisers Kirke, Copenhagen (1928-1966) conte crayon on bond paper, 11x8.5 inches. Photo: Courtesy National Nordic Museum.
SEATTLE, WA
.-The National Nordic Museum will display a rotating selection of the works of Danish-American artist Dines Carlsen. The exhibition opens July 22 and features numerous drawings on view from the National Nordic Museums permanent collection.
In June 2020, the Museum received 943 Dines Carlsen drawings and one oil painting from the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.
This significant transfer marked the Museums largest acquisition to date but was made at a time that we were closed to the public. We are delighted to share these works with our community, said Executive Director/CEO Eric Nelson.
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