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Another World: Photographs of Children by Muriel Green, December 16, 1949-January 31, 1950

 Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

A collection of 38 photographs of children in the streets and playgrounds of San Francisco by Muriel Green.
The exhibition records span three folders and include an exhibition description, artist correspondence, and registration receipts. Installation photograph prints and negatives are in the photograph collection.

Dates

  • Creation: December 16, 1949-January 31, 1950

Creator

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.

Biographical / Historical

"Muriel Frances Green was born in New York City, New York in 1919. She was associated with the California School of Fine Arts. Later in life, she married Michel Jobert, Former Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, and moved to France. They had one son together. She died in 1999 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. Little else is known about the artist’s life.

Sources:
“Green, Muriel Frances · SFMOMA.” 2023. SFMOMA. July 5, 2023. https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Muriel_Frances_Green/.
“Michel Jobert, 80.” 2002. Washington Post. May 27, 2002. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/05/27/michel-jobert-80/c77aa406-0ac5-4826-8ccf-7e2e3e1f29e0/.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span three folders and include an exhibition description, artist correspondence, and registration receipts. Installation photograph prints and negatives are in the photograph collection.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

A collection of 38 photographs of children in the streets and playgrounds of San Francisco by Muriel Green.

Arrangement

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

Related Exhibitions

de Young: Trails of Steel Through the South and West: An Exhibition of Photographs by Roger Sturtevant and David Stover, Sponsored by the Southern Pacific Company (1937)
de Young: Third Annual Newspaper National Snapshot Awards (1937)
de Young: Fourth Annual Newspaper National Snapshot Awards (1939)
de Young: Reproductions of Famous Paintings of Children (1940)
Legion of Honor: Portraits of Children (1942)
Legion of Honor: Photographs of Children by Jay Risling (1943)
de Young: Photographs by Ellen Bransten (1947)
de Young: San Francisco Amateur Photographers (1949)
de Young: Perceptions in Photography: Photographs by Peter Fink (1955)
Legion of Honor: The Bridges of San Francisco: Perceptive Photography by Fred Lyon (1955)
de Young: Don't Cry for Me Babey: Photographs by Ernest Lowe (1966)
de Young: The Three Banners of China (1967)
de Young: Photographs by Lewis W. Hine (1968)
de Young: Our Town: Photographs by Joanne Leonard (1968)
de Young: Paul Strand: A Retrospective Exhibition of the Years 1915-1968 (1973)
Legion of Honor: Early American Photography: The First 50 Years (1990)

Separated Materials

Installation and photograph prints and negatives are housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Photograph collection in box 7.

Subjects

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Archives Repository

Contact:
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San Francisco California 94118 USA

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