Box 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of ancient coins lent by German collector Edward Gans, representing ancient cultures across Europe, Africa, and Asia. The exhibition was arranged into fifteen groups based on time period, location, and culture, including the Celts, Italy, Sicily, Macedonia, Thrace, Central Greece, Athens, Aegina, Southern Greece, Crete, Asia Minor, Syria, Phoenicia, Palestine, Persia, Bactria, Egypt, Carthage, and the Byzantine Empire. The collection would be exhibited once more at the Legion...

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.

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 furniture, paintings, and everyday objects that indicate “elegance” from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries.The exhibition records span three folders and include a radio broadcast transcript, general correspondence, and registration receipts. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 11, No. 3 served as the exhibition catalog and is in the catalog collection. Clippings are in the clipping collection. Installation photograph prints and...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of export porcelain dishes by Chinese artists of the middle ages, celebrating a recent gift of 21 porcelain objects collected in Paris, France and donated to the museum by Legion of Honor co-founder, Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. Additional loans were made by Mrs. D.C. Ashley and Mrs. James V. Coleman. The exhibition records span one folder of registration receipts. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 11, No. 5 served as the exhibition...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of over 200 everyday wooden objects from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, assembled from Bay Area collections and dealers.The exhibition records span two folders and include general correspondence and registration receipts. The Bulletin of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Vol. 11, No. 6 & 7 served as the exhibition catalog and is in the catalog collection. Clippings are in the clipping collection. Object and installation photograph prints are in the...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 60 masks comparing the religious, decorative, and festival masks across the globe including masks from Austria, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Guatemala, China, Tibet, Africa, Japan, New Guinea, and Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest and Southwestern U.S. An additional section showed papier mache masks created by the children who attended the museum’s Saturday morning art classes. The exhibition records span three folders and include a price list, lender...

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An exhibition of 16 sculptures by American artist Ray Lorenzato.
The exhibition records span four folders and include an artist statement, artist biography, price list, planning correspondence, and registration receipts, plus a catalog and installation photographs.

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An exhibition of 34 paintings by American artist Grandma Moses, intended to represent the best of her work.
The exhibition records span five folders and include an artist biography, price list, planning correspondence, registration receipts, and shipping information, plus a catalog and object photographs.