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Primitive Art: Study Exhibition for the Current Course, Primitive Arts and Folk Ways, October 1-November 11, 1945

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Scope and Contents

An exhibition of artworks by indigenous artists around the world, intended as a study exhibition where museum audiences could intimately learn about these cultures.
Dozens of people and cultures were represented, including Native Mexicans of Taxco in Tabasco, the Zapotec people, and Native Americans of Arizona. The Pacific Northwest was represented by Native tribes from Oregon, as well as Washington, including the Puyallup, Idaho, represented by the Nez Perce, and Alaskan native groups including the Haida and Inuit. Central Plains tribes included the Pawnee, Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Comanche. California tribes included the Tulare and Pomo. Further, indigenous African artists were shown, including groups from Sudan and Madagascar, as well as the Zulu. Southeast Asian and Pacific Island groups included the Louisade of New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoan Islands, Fiji, and the Marshall Islands. Finally, Australian aboriginal artists and those of the adjacent Caroline Islands and Melville Island.
The exhibition records span two folders and include registration receipts and correspondence regarding an insurance claim.

Dates

  • Creation: October 1-November 11, 1945

Conditions Governing Access

At this time, the exhibition records are unavailable to the public and will only be made available to FAMSF staff upon request.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span two folders.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

An exhibition of artworks by indigenous artists around the world, intended as a study exhibition where museum audiences could intimately learn about these cultures. The exhibition records span two folders.

Arrangement

The materials are separated by content and type and organized chronologically.

Related Exhibitions

Legion of Honor: Art Collection of the Honorable T. B. Walker (1925)
Legion of Honor: Cambodian Exhibition (1931)
Legion of Honor: Exhibition of Javanese Theatre Arts by Stowitts (1933)
Legion of Honor: Paintings of Natives of the Solomon Islands and New Guinea by Caroline Mytinger (1934)
Legion of Honor: "The Races of Man" Sculpture in Bronze by Malvina Hoffman (1934)
Legion of Honor: Watercolors of the Game Country of East Africa by Sanford Ross (1940)
Legion of Honor: Photographs of Bali by Philip Hanson Hiss (1941)
Legion of Honor: American Indian Designs for Pottery (1944)
de Young: The Art of Alaska, Lent by Earl Stendahl (1947)
Legion of Honor: Pacific Island Art (1951)
de Young: Contemporary American Indian Arts and Crafts (1953)
de Young: Art of the South Pacific Islands (1953)
de Young: Haida Indian Children's Drawings (1956)
Legion of Honor: Aboriginal Arts of Australia and the Islands of the Pacific (1960)
Legion of Honor: The Sculpture of Negro Africa (1960)
Legion of Honor: Aboriginal Bark Painting from Australia (1963)
de Young: Jewels of Monte Alban [canceled] (1963)
de Young: 1000 Years of American Indian Art (1964)
de Young: Near Eastern and Far Eastern Art (1967)
de Young: Recent Acquisitions of the Department of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (1974)
de Young: Australian Aboriginal Art (1974)
de Young: Traditional Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (1973)
de Young: Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Orientation Gallery (1974)
de Young: Photographs of Micronesia (1977)
de Young: The Bay Area Collects: Art from Africa, Oceania, and The Americas (1982)
de Young: Spirits, Gods, & Kings: A Decade of Collecting the Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (1983)
de Young: Experiencing the Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (1984)
de Young: Experiencing the Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (1989)
Legion of Honor: Spirit Country: Australian Aboriginal Art from the Gantner Myer Collection (1999)
de Young: Yua, Spirit of the Arctic: Eskimo and Inuit Art from the Collection of Thomas G. Fowler (2009)
de Young: Objects of Belief from the Vatican: Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (2013)
de Young: Jules Tavernier and the Elem Pomo (2022)

Separated Materials

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas reflect much of the works exhibited in this show.

Subjects

Repository Details

Repository Details

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