Box 5 - Legion of Honor Exhibition Photographs

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 35 sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries lent by private collectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. The exhibition also featured 6 textile samples lent by the gallery of San Francisco interior designer Robert M. Kasper. The exhibition records span five folders and include an exhibition description, lender information, lender correspondence, registration receipts, and installation photographs. Installation photograph prints and negatives are in the photograph...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of 35 sculptures from the 19th and 20th centuries lent by private collectors in the San Francisco Bay Area. The exhibition also featured 6 textile samples lent by the gallery of San Francisco interior designer Robert M. Kasper. The exhibition records span five folders and include an exhibition description, lender information, lender correspondence, registration receipts, and installation photographs. Installation photograph prints and negatives are in the photograph...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of paintings by Walter Stuempfig, Ben Shahn, Yves Tenguy, and Charles Howard. The exhibition centered around four works purchased by the California Palace of the Legion of Honor during the Third Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting (1948), plus an additional four works from each artist. The exhibition records span four folders and include an exhibition description, price list, lender correspondence, and registration receipts. Object photograph prints are in the...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: An exhibition of items given to the State of California as a part of the Merci Train, a train of 49 French railroad boxcars filled with tens of thousands of gifts of gratitude by individual French citizens in acknowledgement of the Friendship Train, an effort that delivered more than 700 American boxcars of relief goods to France in the aftermath of World War II. Each state received its own boxcar, with Hawaii and the District of Columbia sharing one. The boxcar received by California...

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: 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...

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An exhibition of 30 oil paintings by San Francisco artist Eleanor “Nell” Sinton.
The exhibition records span five folders and include an exhibition description, price list, artist biography and correspondence, and registration receipts. A photograph of the artist is housed in the photograph collections.

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: 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: 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...