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abstract (general art genre)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Genre of visual arts in which figurative subjects or other forms are simplified or changed in their representation so that they do not portray a recognizable person, object, thing, etc.; may reference an idea, quality, or state rather than a concrete object.

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Persons and Places: 25 Years of Drawings by Spencer Macky, October 4-November 16, 1952

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, a retrospective exhibition of 60 drawings and sketches by American artist Spencer Macky. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span six folders.

Dates: October 4-November 16, 1952

Photographs by H. Bowden, August 12-September 18, 1955

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An exhibition of 41 photographs by abstract American artist Harry Bowden. The exhibition records span two folders plus photographs.

Dates: August 12-September 18, 1955

Prints by Stanley William Hayter and Helen Phillips, May 12-June 17, 1956

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of 50 prints by American artist couple Stanley William Hayter and Helen Phillips. The exhibition records span four folders plus a catalog and photographs.

Dates: May 12-June 17, 1956

The Museum's Contemporary American Acquisitions, January 20-February 28, 1949

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An exhibition of paintings by Walter Stuempfig, Ben Shahn, Yves Tenguy, and Charles Howard purchased from the Third Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Painting (1948).

Dates: January 20-February 28, 1949

Watercolors and Drawings by Claire von Falkenstein, January 10-February 9, 1933

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An exhibition of about 40 watercolor and pencil drawings by American artist Claire von Falkenstein. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: January 10-February 9, 1933

Watercolors by Mildred Joyce Williams, March 2-25, 1945

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An exhibition of 45 watercolor paintings by American artist Mildred Joyce Williams. The exhibition records span six folders.

Dates: March 2-25, 1945

Watercolors by Paul Burlin, November 6-December 5, 1954

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An exhibition of 20 watercolor paintings by American modern and abstract expressionist artist Paul Burlin. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: November 6-December 5, 1954

Works by Four Contemporary California Artists: Jeremy Anderson, Ernest Briggs, Hassel Smith, James Weeks, September 26-November 11, 1953

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An exhibition of four Bay Area-based American artists, including wood sculptures by Jeremy Anderson and oil paintings by Ernest Briggs, Hassel Smith, and James Weeks. The exhibition records span one folder plus photographs.

Dates: September 26-November 11, 1953

Young Painters of the Bay Area, April 23-May 16, 1948

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An exhibition of about 44 paintings by American artists from the San Francisco Bay Area. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: April 23-May 16, 1948