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flower pieces

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Still lifes depicting predominantly flowers.

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Botanical Forms: Photographs by Roy Flamm, September 2-October 8, 1961

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An exhibition of 34 photographs of flora and fauna by American artist Roy Flamm. The exhibition records span one folder of registration receipts.

Dates: September 2-October 8, 1961

Chinese and Japanese Woodcuts of Flowers and Birds, June 25-July 23, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of woodcuts depicting flowers and birds by Chinese and Japanese artists. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: June 25-July 23, 1954

Flower Paintings from the Permanent and Loan Collections, July 13-[August 8], 1943

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An exhibition of paintings that depict flowers from the museum’s permanent collection and loan collections. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: July 13-[August 8], 1943

Flower Paintings from the Seventeenth Century to the Present Day, June 15-July 15, 1931

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An exhibition of paintings of flowers and floral themes by various American and European artists from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, intended to demonstrate “the endless varieties which can be played upon the floral theme.” The exhibition records span 12 folders plus a catalog, clippings, and object photographs.

Dates: June 15-July 15, 1931

Interpretations of Nature by Ch'i Pai-Shih: "The Ancient of the Mountain", June 23-July 15, 1956

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of color woodblock prints after paintings by influential twentieth century Chinese artist Qi Baishi. The exhibition records span 10 folders plus photographs.

Dates: June 23-July 15, 1956

Landscapes, Seascapes, Flower, and Figure Paintings, July 1-25, 1939

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An exhibition of landscapes, seascapes, flowers, and figure paintings by four American artists, Jerome P. De Witt, Howard B. Spencer, Edmund Greacen, and Nan Greacen, circulated by Blanche A. Byerley of New York City. The exhibition records span five folders.

Dates: July 1-25, 1939

Paintings by Ladislav Hlavka, October 4-[November] 1958

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An exhibition of 21 landscape and flower paintings by Czech-born American artist Ladislav Hlavka, sponsored by Joseph Mares. The exhibition records span four folders.

Dates: October 4-[November] 1958

The Four Seasons of the Garden: Botanical Prints by Crispin van de Passe (c.1565-1637), May 29-June 20, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of engravings of flowers from the book “Hortus Floridus” by the late sixteenth-early seventeenth century Dutch artist Crispin van de Passe. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: May 29-June 20, 1954

Three Centuries of Botanical Prints, March 6-31, 1952

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of prints of botanical subjects by artists of the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. No materials remain for this exhibition.

Dates: March 6-31, 1952

Victorian Studies of California Flowers by Julia Noble Ward, April 14-May 24, 1953

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts collection, an exhibition of 40 watercolor drawings of wild flowers of Oakland and the Napa Valley created about 1873 by American artist Julia Noble Ward. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: April 14-May 24, 1953