Box 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: 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...

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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.

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40 paintings by modern artists from Hungary, assembled by the College Art Association.
The exhibition records span four folders and include artist biographies, an object list and price list, planning correspondence, sales and shipping information, and collateral from other installations. Copies of the catalog are in the catalog collection.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 9 paintings by nineteenth-century French artists, from the collection of Arthur Sachs, Honorary Trustee of the Legion of Honor, supplemented by 6 paintings from the museum’s permanent and loan collections. The Sachs collection was on an indefinite loan to the museum.The exhibition records span one folder of installation photograph prints in the photograph collection. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 8, No. 7 & 8 covered the...