Box 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs

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An exhibition of 40 paintings by Italian artist Giuseppe Gambino, lent by Gladys Lloyd Robinson. This was the artist’s first exhibition in the United States.
The exhibition records span one folder of planning correspondence, plus a catalog and photographs.

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An exhibition of 35 paintings by American artist Jean Halpert-Ryden.
The exhibition records span four folders and include an artist biography, object list, price list, correspondence with the artist, and registration receipts, plus a catalog and photographs.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 43 paintings from the “second” collection of Old Masters and Modern artists collected by Gladys Lloyd Robinson. In 1956, her first collection, which she assembled with her then-husband Edward G. Robinson, was exhibited at the Legion of Honor. Shortly thereafter, the couple divorced and the collection was sold. Gladys is now building up her own collection. A small exhibition of paintings by Italian Giuseppe Gambino from this collection was exhibited in a separate...

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An exhibition of 18 watercolor paintings and 3 oil paintings by American artist based in New Mexico John Meigs.
The exhibition records span three folders and include correspondence with the artist, sales and tax information, registration receipts, and collateral from other installations, plus a catalog and photographs.

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An exhibition of 19 paintings by American artist William Morehouse, arranged by the Legion and the John Bolles Gallery, San Francisco.
The exhibition records span four folders and include an artist biography, price list, general correspondence, and registration receipts, plus a catalog and photographs.

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An exhibition of 36 paintings by American artist Margaret Peterson. This exhibition took place 27 years after her first solo exhibition at the Legion of Honor in 1933.
The exhibition records span five folders and include an exhibition description, price list, planning correspondence, registration receipts, and collateral from other installations, plus a catalog and photographs.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 89 paintings by American artists based in Northern California arranged by the Legion of Honor from museums and galleries across the U.S. The museum’s membership auxiliary Patrons of Art and Music sponsored the exhibition. Both well known and up and coming artists were featured and prizes were awarded in the names of the donors. The museum would go on to arrange an annual invitational until 1964.The exhibition records span six folders and include press releases,...

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An exhibition of religious art of Christian iconography by Native American artists under Spanish Colonial rule in what is now New Mexico. The exhibition was arranged from the collection of the Museum of New Mexico with assistance from the Museum of International Folk Art.
The exhibition records span four folders and include didactic information, planning correspondence, registration receipts, shipping information, and insurance information, plus a bulletin and photographs.

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An exhibition of 18 oil paintings and watercolor paintings by American artist Larry Welden, arranged by Mrs. Ross Sockolov, Director of the Artists Cooperative Gallery in Sacramento.
The exhibition records span four folders and include an artist biography, price list, correspondence with the artist, and registration receipts, plus a catalog and photographs.

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An exhibition of rugs designed by contemporary artists Stanislav V'soske and his associates, featuring inspirations from antiquity and modern designs, lent by V'soske, Inc., an American rug manufacturing firm.
The exhibition records span four folders and include a price list, planning correspondence, registration receipts, and a magazine, plus a catalog and photographs.