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Legion of Honor Clippings Scrapbook, 1937

 Sub-Series — Box: 7, Folder: 1

Scope and Contents

Each page has many clippings attached of varying topics. Notable events and names are identified.

Page 1: January 1937
Exhibition "New Horizons in American Art" opening February 15; Exhibition of prints by James McNeill Whistler; Exhibition of Islamic Art at the de Young Museum

Page 2-3: February 1937
Exhibition "New Horizons in American Art"; Exhibition of prints by James McNeill Whistler; Exhibition of Islamic Art at the de Young Museum; Artist Beniamino Bufano competes for commission to erect sculpture on Twin Peaks

Page 3-4: March 1937
Exhibition of Islamic Art at the de Young Museum; $9 million increase proposed for City budget, increasing funding to the Museum; 18th century portrait of Francois de Troy donated to the Legion by Archer M. Huntington

Page 4-5: April 1937
Museum calendar May 1937; de Young calendar June 1937; Exhibition "Trends in Easel Painting"

Page 5-6: May 1937
Exhibition of art by Francisco Goya opening June 4; Announcement of the formation of "The California Group"; Exhibition of sculpture by New Mexico artist Patrocino Barela

Page 7-8: June 1937
Exhibition of art by Francisco Goya

Page 9-10: July 1937
Exhibition of sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington; Exhibition of art by "The California Group"; Museum calendar July 1937

Page 11: August 1937
Group show of Henrietta Hoopes, Buckley MacGurrin, Nathalie Newking, and Etienne Ret opening August 14; "Treasury Department Art Projects Exhibition" opening August 16; Exhibition of the collection of E. John Magnin

Page 12: September 1937
Acquisition of "Potrait of a Spanish Peasant Girl" by Martin Baer; Acquisition of "The Archery Prize" by Ferdinand Bol

Page 13-14: October 1937
Exhibition of art by contemporary Hungarian artists; Loan exhibition of master paintings of the Los Angeles Art Association at the Town House Gallery

Page 15: November 1937
132nd annual exhibition of oils from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts opening Tuesday [November 23]; Exhibition of paintings by Spanish surrealist artist Frederico Castellon

Page 16: December 1937
Acquisition of "Suffolk Punch Stallion" by Herbert Haseltine; H.K.S. Williams gifts four paintings to the Legion; Exhibition of American drawings

Dates

  • Creation: 1937

Conditions Governing Access

The clippings are all very fragile and are overlapping each other. Handle with clean hands and use caution. Do not rip or tear. The book is not bound, do not reorder the pages.

Extent

From the Collection: 35 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Arrangement

The scrapbook is arranged chronologically and each odd page is arranged from left to right, while each even page is arranged right to left. The clippings overlap.

Repository Details

Part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Archives Repository

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San Francisco California 94118 USA