Box 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs

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An exhibition of artworks created by the students of the museum’s children’s art classes during the previous year. The exhibition records include the Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 10, No. 4, which served as the exhibition bulletin and is in the catalog collection.

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An exhibition of ceramics, paintings, and other art objects by Korean artists. This exhibition was the first of its kind on the West Coast of the U.S. and was assembled from Bay Area collections.
The exhibition records span three folders and include planning correspondence, registration receipts, and shipping information. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 9, No. 3 served as the exhibition bulletin and is in the catalog collection.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of art by artists of the Pacific Islands, representing Samoa, Marquesas Islands, New Zealand, Easter Island, Fiji, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Over 50 items were lent by the University Museum, Philadelphia, supplemented by loans from local collections.The exhibition records span six folders and include planning correspondence, general correspondence, a transcript from a radio broadcast, shipping and loan information, registration receipts, and collateral from...

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An exhibition of 58 monoprints and off-set drawings by English artist Kit Barker.
The exhibition records span four folders and include an artist biography, price list, correspondence with the artist, and registration receipts. A copy of the exhibition catalog is in the catalog collection. Installation and photograph prints and negatives are in the photograph collection.

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An exhibition of over 125 art objects by ancient artists from Mexico, Central America, and South America.
The exhibition records span three folders and include planning correspondence, installation information, object lists, and registration receipts. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 9, No. 4 & 5 served as the exhibition bulletin and is in the catalog collection. Installation and photograph prints and negatives are in the photograph collection.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of Christian religious art objects, including chasubles, icons, chalices, and enamels. A special collection of illuminated books by sixteenth century Italian artists were lent by the Dominican College of San Rafael, California. Notably, American artist Ansel Adams photographed the collection and lent his photographs to the exhibition for publication.The exhibition records span three folders and include object description, lender correspondence, and registration receipts....

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 66 paintings by French artist Jean de Botton, including his portraits of the British Royal Family during the Coronation of King George VI from 1937 to 1939, as well as, the abstractions for which he became known later in his career during the 1950s. This was the second exhibition at the Legion of Honor to feature Botton’s work; a previous retrospective took place in 1944.The exhibition records span three folders and include general correspondence, registration receipts,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The fifth annual exhibition of 150 paintings by contemporary American artists at the Legion of Honor, selected by Thomas Carr Howe, Jr. This exhibition departed from the usual juried format and was solely arranged by Howe.The exhibition records span 10 folders and include an object list, entry forms, preview invitation, publicity correspondence, a list of purchases and purchase correspondence, lender correspondence, shipping correspondence, and registration receipts. A copy of the...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of portrait drawings by seventeenth-century German Old Master artists Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger, lent by the Reims Museum of France. This was the first time these works had traveled since the eighteenth century. In an adjoining gallery, the Legion of Honor also exhibited 21 woodcuts by Cranach the Elder from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.The exhibition records span 11 folders and include an exhibition description, press release,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of portrait drawings by seventeenth-century German Old Master artists Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger, lent by the Reims Museum of France. This was the first time these works had traveled since the eighteenth century. In an adjoining gallery, the Legion of Honor also exhibited 21 woodcuts by Cranach the Elder from the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.The exhibition records span 11 folders and include an exhibition description, press release,...