Box 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 250 fine books, illustrating all phases of the art of bookmaking in France from 1900 to 1948, with special emphasis on the last 10 years. The exhibition was lent by the French government and was sponsored by a committee of leading San Francisco bibliophiles.The first section of the show included 142 examples of limited editions produced from 1937 to 1947 and were selected from the Bibliotheque Nationale, L’Impremerie Nationale, and other public and private...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The fourth annual juried exhibition of paintings by contemporary American artists at the Legion of Honor, including about 150 surveying American painting of the time. The exhibition records span 11 folders and include a price list, exhibition preview invitation, entry forms, lender correspondence, registration receipts, information of art purchases. A copy of the catalog is in the catalog collection. Installation photograph prints and negatives as well as object photograph negatives are...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition displaying the advancements in tapestry-making by the best modern French tapestry houses that began in Paris in 1930. The works were lent by the French government and arranged for exhibition in the United States by the Associated American Artists. The exhibition records span five folders and include exhibition and object description, a price list, planning correspondence, and registration receipts. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 5, No. 10...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A retrospective exhibition of paintings by American artist Morris Graves created between 1928 and 1947.The exhibition records span 10 folders and include an artist biography, shipping information, price list, planning notes, general correspondence, collateral from other installations, lender information, rejected object sheets, lender correspondence, and registration receipts. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 6, Nos. 1 & 2 served as the exhibition...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A survey of trompe l’oeil art from the 15th through 20th centuries, displaying roughly 100 sculptures, photographs, paintings, engravings, and intarsias. Trompe l’oeil, or “to fool the eye”, is rooted in illusionism, where objects are portrayed with such realism that an optical illusion is created. The exhibition was held during the year of the Legion of Honor’s 25th anniversary, as well as the centennial of the State of California. The exhibition was organized chronologically in three...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 19 oil paintings by Santa Barbara artist and art collector Wright Ludington, founding member of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The paintings represented a three-year period of work by Ludington and highlighted the textures, patterns, and forms of natural landscapes and plants, among other subjects. This exhibition was originally arranged by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. It was Ludington’s first exhibition of his oil paintings, having previously exhibited his drawings....

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition comparing the recently-acquired painting “After the Hunt” by Irish-born American artist William Michael Harnett with eight adaptations of the work by other artists, arranged by Alfred Frankenstein, an art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle. The exhibition accompanied Frankenstein's recent book "After the Hunt," which explored the rediscovery of these nineteenth-century trompe l'oeil America artists.The exhibition records span four folders and include planning...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by nineteenth and twentieth century modern French artists, assembled from private art collections in San Francisco and the Bay Area. The exhibition accompanied “France comes to you” week in San Francisco, a trade and travel exposition sponsored by the French government at the Palace Hotel.The exhibition records span four folders and include a price list and planning notes, lender information, planning correspondence, and registration receipts. A...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of large scale, oversized drawings by 17 modern artists commissioned by Legion curator Jermayne MacAgy. The artists were given only one stipulation, that the drawings could not measure less than six feet in its greatest dimension. This first-of-its-kind exhibition featured Jeremy R. Anderson, Elmer Bischoff, Milton Cavagnaro, Edward Corbett, Richard Diebenkorn, Claire Falkenstein, William A. Gaw, George Harris, Robert Boardman Howard, Jack Jefferson, Adaline Kent, Albert...

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An exhibition of surveying American artists born between 1700 and 1900, arranged from the permanent collection of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
The exhibition records span two folders and include lender correspondence and registration receipts. A copy of the catalog is in the catalog collection.