Box 1 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Catalogs

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 55 Italian paintings spanning from the Renaissance through the Reformation from the personal collection of Samuel H. Kress, founder of the S. H. Kress & Co. five and ten cent store chain. His art collection was one of the most significant collections of Italian Renaissance and European artwork assembled in the 20th century. The exhibition records span five folders and include an object list, correspondence with the lender, general correspondence, shipping receipts,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of paintings by the most famous European masters of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, lent by Wildenstein and Co. of New York City. Included were Dutch, Flemish, French, German, Italian, and Spanish artists. The exhibition records span four folders and include an object list, planning and general correspondence, and shipping receipts. A large catalog and an accompanying object list brochure are in the catalog collection. A clipping is in the clipping...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 37 progressive artists from Southern California, sponsored by Wilson Coles and Tom E. Lewis. The exhibition featured many well-known California artists, some of whom previously exhibited at the Legion of Honor, including Dorr Bothwell, Lorser Feitelson, Phil Dike, Everett Gee Jackson, Nathalie Newking, Helen Lundeberg, Paul Sample, and others. The exhibition records span six folders and include an artist list, a price list, planning and sales correspondence, shipping...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A loan exhibition of 90 paintings by 27 modern Italian artists, lent and sponsored by the Italian Government under the auspices of the Western Association of Art Museum Directors. The exhibition was intended to educate Americans and Italian-Americans on the trends in Italian painting since the turn of the century, which at the time was unknown in the United States. The exhibition records span eight folders and include an exhibition description, price list, art books list, correspondence...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 47 paintings and 189 black and white drawings intended to display the trends in contemporary painting and graphic arts in the U.S.S.R., exhibited under the auspices of the American Russian Institute and Pennsylvania Museum of Art and lent by the College Art Association. The exhibition records span six folders and include an exhibition description, price list, planning correspondence, publicity correspondence, shipping receipts, and catalog information. A large catalog...

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An exhibition of 101 etchings and lithographs by American artist James McNeill Whistler from the collection of Lessing J. Rosenwald, director of Sears, Roebuck & Company. The exhibition was arranged by the College Art Association.
The exhibition records span three folders and include lender correspondence, future exhibition correspondence, and shipping information. Copies of the catalog are in the catalog collection

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An exhibition of thirty paintings created on easels by American, English, French, German, Hungarian, and Mexican artists. The exhibition was arranged by the College Art Association.
The exhibition records span four folders and include a price list, lender correspondence, planning correspondence, and shipping information. Copies of the catalog are in the catalog collection and object photographs are in the photograph collection.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 69 sculptures by American artist Anna Hyatt Huntington, whose Joan of Arc sculpture had stood in front of the Legion of Honor since 1929. The exhibition records span nine folders and include an object and price list, lender correspondence, general correspondence, press release, publicity materials, exhibition opening attendee list, registration receipts, 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 41 paintings by artists from Hungary assembled by the College Art Association with the support of the E. & A. Silberman Galleries, Inc. New York City. This was the third such exhibition bringing the art of Hungary to the United States, the first of which was also shown at the Legion of Honor in 1932. The exhibition records span five folders and include an exhibition description, a price list, planning correspondence, shipping information, and a damage report. A...

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An exhibition by the members of the new artists group American Abstract Artists, who had formed in November 1936 and hoped this West Coast touring exhibition would bring their art to prominence in the country.
The exhibition records span three folders and include planning correspondence, registration receipts, and shipping and catalog information. Copies of the catalog as well as a smaller object list are in the catalog collection.