Box 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs
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Contains 174 Results:
Exhibition catalog (Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 1, No. 2), May 1943
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 3
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An exhibition of 24 paintings by major nineteenth century French Impressionist artists, arranged with artworks from private collections and the museum's loan collections.
The exhibition records span five folders and include an exhibition description, lender correspondence, general correspondence, registration receipts, and collateral from other installations. A copy of the exhibition catalog is in the catalog collection. Installation photograph prints are in the photograph...
Dates:
May 1943
Exhibition bulletin (Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 12, No. 3 & 4), July-August 1954
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 7
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A major exhibition of more than 400 native, indigenous, and folk art objects tracing the history of the South American Andean region from about 1200 BCE until the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century, including artists of Peru, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil, Panama, and Costa Rica. The exhibition was a collaboration between the Legion of Honor, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The exhibition records span 19 folders...
Dates:
July-August 1954
Charles Howard: Retrospective Exhibition 1925-1946 [Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 4, No. 1], May 1946
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 4
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A retrospective exhibition of oil paintings, gouaches, and drawings by American artist Charles Howard. Organized by the Legion of Honor, this was the first retrospective for the artist and established him as a leading American modern artist. The exhibition records span five folders and include an artist biography, price list, planning correspondence, registration receipts, and shipping information. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 4, No. 1 served at the...
Dates:
May 1946
Exhibition catalog (Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 1, No. 6), September 1943
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 3
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An exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and cartoons depicting boxing and wrestling. The exhibition investigates how artists studied the human form and depicted it in these sports. This exhibition was organized by Legion of Honor interim director, Jermayne MacAgy.
The exhibition records span seven folders and include an exhibition description, object and lender lists, planning notes, insurance information, registration receipts, and lender correspondence....
Dates:
September 1943
Exhibition catalog (Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 2, No. 4), July 1944
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 3
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An exhibition of 20 aluminum sculptures of animals by American artist Anna Hyatt Huntington.
The exhibition records span five folders and include an object list, planning correspondence, general correspondence, registration receipts, and collateral from other installations. A copy of the exhibition catalog is in the catalog collection. Installation photograph negatives are in the quarantine box.
Dates:
July 1944
Exhibition catalog (Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 2, No. 5), August 1944
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 3
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An exhibition of 90 drawings by Old Master artists of the sixteenth through nineteenth century from the collection of Moore S. Achenbach, whose entire collection of works on paper he would donate to the City of San Francisco in 1948 and would become the core of the FAMSF department, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.
The exhibition records span four folders and include an exhibition description, price list, general correspondence, and registration receipts. A copy of the...
Dates:
August 1944
Illustrated Supplement to the Catalogue of the Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting May 17-June 17, May 1945
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 3
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An exhibition of 218 paintings by 204 contemporary American artists, assembled by Jermayne McAgy with official approval of the State Department to accompany the United Nations Conference taking place in San Francisco in 1945. The Conference committee sponsored the exhibition and dinner was given for the delegates at the Legion of Honor.
The exhibition records span 18 folders and include an object and price list, publicity information and correspondence, shipping correspondence,...
Dates:
May 1945
First Spring Annual Exhibition April 3-May 5, 1946 [Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 3, No. 12], April 1946
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 4
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The first annual spring juried exhibition of paintings curated by the Legion of Honor that was open to artists all over the world. This exhibition was inspired by the 1945 Contemporary American Painting exhibition that accompanied the United Nations Conference. It was largely realized by Paul Verdier, President of the Board of Trustees. The exhibition records span 15 folders and include an exhibition description, artist information, price list, planning notes and receipts, awards...
Dates:
April 1946
Exhibition brochure (Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 5, No. 7), November 1947
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 4
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The Legion of Honor’s second annual exhibition of painting by living artists, featuring 250 works by both invited artists and juried artists, “unknowns” who submitted work to be shown. Though entitled the second annual, this was the third show in three years to feature juried contemporary works of art by American artists, following the First Spring Annual Exhibition in 1946 and Contemporary Painting of the United States in 1945. This exhibition was led in sponsorship by Paul Verdier,...
Dates:
November 1947
Exhibition brochure (Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 5, No. 8), December 1947
Item — Box: 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs, Folder: 4
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The Legion of Honor’s second annual exhibition of painting by living artists, featuring 250 works by both invited artists and juried artists, “unknowns” who submitted work to be shown. Though entitled the second annual, this was the third show in three years to feature juried contemporary works of art by American artists, following the First Spring Annual Exhibition in 1946 and Contemporary Painting of the United States in 1945. This exhibition was led in sponsorship by Paul Verdier,...
Dates:
December 1947