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FRAME|WORK: The Juno Ballgown by Christian Dior

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on July 20, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a fabulous ballgown designed by fashion icon Christian Dior. This garment is currently not on display, so we offer you this exclusive online viewing!

Christian Dior (French, 1905–1957). Ballgown (Juno), 1949. Silk tulle embroidered with sequins with silk faille inner skirt; horsehair stiffening. Gift of I. Magnin & Company. 49.25.2a–b

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FRAME|WORK: Lewis Powell (Alias Payne), Conspirator, Seated and Manacled by Alexander Gardner

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on July 13, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a powerful Civil War-era photograph from The Album of the Lincoln Conspiracy. This work is currently not on view, so we have provided an exclusive online viewing!

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FRAME|WORK: Boatmen on the Missouri by George Caleb Bingham

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on July 6, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature the iconic Boatmen on the MIssouri by George Caleb Bingham, currently on view in Gallery 23 at the de Young.

George Caleb Bingham: Boatmen on the Missouri

George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879). Boatmen on the Missouri, 1846. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd. 1979.7.15

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FRAME|WORK: A ceremonial knife from Mexico

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on June 29, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a spectacular obsidian ceremonial knife from Mesoamerica on display at the de Young.


Ceremonial knife, ca. 1200–1500. Mexico, Alta Highlands, Mixtec. Obsidian, turquoise, spondylus shell and resin. Gift of Lauren and Patrick Hallinan. 2007.97.3

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FRAME|WORK: El Aborto (Frida and the Miscarriage) by Frida Kahlo

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on June 22, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a powerful lithograph created by the formidable Frida Kahlo. This work is currently not on view, so we have provided this exclusive virtual viewing!


Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954). El Aborto (Frida and the Miscarriage), 1932. Lithograph. Museum purchase, Dr. R. Earl Robinson Estate and Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund. 1996.38

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FRAME|WORK: An imperial tea service by Peter Carl Fabergé

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on June 15, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an exquisite tea service from Russia made by Peter Carl Fabergé currently on view at the Legion of Honor.

Peter Carl Fabergè (Russian, 1846–1920). Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport (workmaster). Tea Service with Tea Table, 1896–1908. Silvergilt, Karelian birch, ivory. Gift of Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess Kyrill of Russia, through Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. 1945.355-357.

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