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graphic arts

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Processes and techniques for making images using the arts of printmaking, illustration, drawing, and other techniques that depend upon line and not color to render the design. In historical usage, the term referred more broadly to presentation in two-dimensional visual form, including most arts on paper, panel, or canvas, including painting.

Found in 522 Collections and/or Records:

6th Annual Exhibition of Paintings by the San Francisco Society of Women Artists, November 4-December 3, 1931

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An exhibition of art by women artists, intended to be a comprehensive representation of the work of American artists, as both members of the San Francisco society and prominent New York artists exhibited. The exhibition records span 6 folders plus copies of the exhibition catalog.

Dates: November 4-December 3, 1931

19th Century Children's Book Illustrations, November 5-27, 1955

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of color wood engraving illustrations from children’s books by nineteenth century British artists Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span two folders.

Dates: November 5-27, 1955

52nd Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association, [May]-June 8, 1930

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The annual exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association, founded in 1871. By 1930, the Association had incorporated the San Francisco Museum of Art (now the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art). The exhibition records span one folder.

Dates: [May]-June 8, 1930

54th Annual Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association, April 24-May 29, 1932

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379 works of art by 235 artists, exhibited by the San Francisco Art Association. The exhibition records span 2 folders plus copies of the exhibition catalog.

Dates: April 24-May 29, 1932

A Completely Integrated House, Designed by Jack Hillmer, September 17-November 13, 1955

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An exhibition of 70 photographic panels depicting one of the most notable projects of American architect Jack Hillmer, the Ludekens house on Belvedere Island, Marin, California. The exhibition records span two folders plus photographs.

Dates: September 17-November 13, 1955

A Graphic Panorama of the Rise and Fall of Napolean I, September 15-October 25, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of lithographs depicting significant events in the life and the reign of the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: September 15-October 25, 1954

A Historical Survey of the Graphic Arts: The Development of Various Techniques in Printmaking, October 22-November 27, 1955

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition explaining the history of printmaking, including about 100 woodblock prints, as well as original printing plates and blocks, from the fifteenth through twentieth century. The exhibition records span eight folders plus photographs.

Dates: October 22-November 27, 1955

A Selection of American Prints, 1900-1953, January 8-February 15, 1954

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From the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of prints by American artists during the first half of the twentieth century. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span three folders.

Dates: January 8-February 15, 1954

A Study in Contrasts: Photographs of American Domestic Architecture by Wayne Andrews, [May 17-June 1948]

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An exhibition of photographs comparing American architecture in the nineteenth century with that of the mid-twentieth century by American artist Wayne Andrews. The exhibition records span one folder.

Dates: [May 17-June 1948]

A Study of Currier and Ives, January 11-February 13, 1956

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Arranged by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, an exhibition of about 50 color lithographs by the famed nineteenth century American printmakers Currier & Ives. Shown at the San Francisco Public Library. The exhibition records span four folders plus photographs.

Dates: January 11-February 13, 1956