6th Annual Exhibition of Paintings by the San Francisco Society of Women Artists, November 4-December 3, 1931

Sub-Series

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

An exhibition of art by women artists, intended to be a comprehensive representation of the work of American artists, as both members of the San Francisco society and prominent New York artists exhibited.
The exhibition records span 6 folders and include an artist and object list, awards information, planning correspondence, registration receipts, and collateral. Two copies of the exhibition catalog are in the catalog collection.

Dates

Creation: November 4-December 3, 1931

Creator

San Francisco Women Artists (Arranger, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

One of the copies of the exhibition catalog includes prices, it must be redacted before use.

Biographical / Historical

The San Francisco Society of Women Artists (SSFWA), now called San Francisco Women Artists (SFWA), was founded in 1887 as the “Sketch Club” as an independent group of women artists who met to share and critique one another’s work. Notable former members include Ruth Asawa, Dorr Bothwell, Imogen Cunningham, Eleanor Dickenson, Claire Falkenstein, Emmy Lou Packard, Dorothy Winslade, and Ruth Bernhard. 28 members of the Society exhibited at the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, which founded the de Young museum in Golden Gate Park. 1926 saw the first exhibition of the SSFWA, and they continued to have annual member exhibitions for the next 37 years at the Legion of Honor, the de Young, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Frida Kahlo’s painting ""Frieda and Diego Rivera"" was shown at this show, the Sixth Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists, which was noted as the first public showing of Kahlo’s work. SSFWA also exhibited at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition and, in 1946, SSFWA was renamed as San Francisco Women Artists.

Source: “SFWA History Timeline.” San Francisco Women Artists. https://sfwomenartists.org/SFWATimeline2016.pdf. Accessed April 11, 2022.

Extent

0.3 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span 6 folders.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

Arrangement

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

Related Exhibitions

Legion of Honor: Paintings by Henrietta Shore (1928)
Legion of Honor: Sixth Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists (1931)
Legion of Honor: Seventh Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists (1932)
de Young: First Annual Exhibition of Applied Art, Designs, and Decorations by the San Francisco Society of Women Artists (1933)
Legion of Honor: Eighth Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists (1933)
Legion of Honor: Ninth Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Society of Women Artists (1934)
de Young: San Francisco Society of Women Artists Second Annual Members' Exhibition of Applied Art, Designs, and Decorations (1934)
de Young: National Association of Women Artists: Traveling Exhibition Black & Whites (1943)
de Young: Prints from the 57th Annual, National Association of Women Artists (1950)
de Young: Prints by San Francisco Women Artists (1951) de Young: Third Annual San Francisco Women Artists' Exhibition of Photography (1970)

Separated Materials

The exhibition catalogs are housed within the Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalog collection in box 1.