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FRAME|WORK: A Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, Spain

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on October 12, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an extraordinary Spanish ceiling from the era of Christopher Columbus, currently installed at the Legion of Honor.

Anonymous maker, Ceiling from the Palacio de Altamira, Spanish 1482–1503. Painted, gilded, and composed wood. Gift of Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick. 46.16

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FRAME|WORK: An Etruscan reclining banqueter

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on October 5, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a lively lush from ancient Etruria, currently on display in the Hall of Antiquities on the lower level of the Legion of Honor.

Statuette of a Reclining Banqueter, 6th century BC. Italy, Etruria, Etruscan. Cast and incised bronze on marble base. Gift of Arthur Sachs. 1952.26

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FRAME|WORK: Magnolia Blossom by Imogen Cunningham

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on September 28, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an iconic photograph by renowned Bay Area photographer Imogen Cunningham. Magnolia Blossom is currently not on view, so take some time to stop and smell the flowers (virtually)!

Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883–1976). Magnolia Blossom, 1925 (printed 1930). Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase, M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum. 54042

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FRAME|WORK: Anti-Mass by Cornelia Parker

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on September 21, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a unique sculpture that unites art and science. Cornelia Parker's striking Anti-Mass is currently on view at the de Young.

Cornelia Parker (English, b. 1956). Anti-Mass, 2005. Charcoal and wire. Museum purchase, Friends of New Art and the American Art Trust Fund in honor of Harry S. Parker III and Stephen A. Nash. 2006.2

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FRAME|WORK: The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist by Simon Vouet

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on September 14, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an exquisite portrait of the holy family painted by a Frenchman in Italy. Simon Vouet's The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist is currently on view at the Legion of Honor.

Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649). The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, 1626. Oil on panel, transferred to composition board. Museum purchase, Mildred Anna Williams Collection. 1974.8

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FRAME|WORK: Migration by Jacob Lawrence

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on September 7, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. Today, in honor of Jacob Lawrence's birthday, we feature his compelling masterwork Migration, currently on display at the de Young.

Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000). Migration, 1947. Egg tempera on hardboard. Museum purchase, American Art Trust Fund, Dr. Leland A. and Gladys K. Barber Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, by exchange. 2010.1

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FRAME|WORK: An Extraordinary Kilim from the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Collection

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on August 31, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a monumental kilim that will be featured prominently in the upcoming exhibition The Art of the Anatolian Kilim: Highlights from the McCoy Jones Collection, which opens September 10.

Kilim, 17th century. Turkey, Anatolia, Aegean region, Usak Province. Wool; slit-tapestry weave. 383.5 x 182.9 cm (151 x 72 in.). The Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Collection, gift of Caroline McCoy-Jones. 2003.87.4

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FRAME|WORK: Fuji in Clear Weather (Red Fuji) by Katsushika Hokusai

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on August 24, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature the graphically arresting Red Fuji by renowned Japanese printmaker Katsushika Hokusai. A well-known Japanese saying suggests that you would be a fool not to climb Mount Fuji once, but a fool to do so twice. Since it is currently not on view, you would be a fool not to enjoy this virtual viewing of Mount Fuji!

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Fuji in Clear Weather (Red Fuji), from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji, ca. 1830–1832. Color woodcut. Gift of Miss Carlotta Mabury. 54755.456

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FRAME|WORK: The Thinker by Auguste Rodin

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on August 17, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an iconic work by the father of modern sculpture, Auguste Rodin. The Thinker is currently on view in the Court of Honor at the Legion of Honor.

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). The Thinker, 1904. Cast bronze. Gift of Alma de Bretteville Spreckels. 1924.18.1

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FRAME|WORK: An ancient Egyptian coffin from the Thirtieth Dynasty

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on August 10, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an enigmatic coffin from Egypt's turbulent past. Currently on view at the Legion of Honor, this ancient artwork provides insight into Egypt's past.

Anthropoid Coffin of Iret-hor-irou. Egyptian, Dynasty 30, 380–343 B.C. Cedar with traces of paint. Museum purchase, Gift of Diane B. Wilsey in memory of Alfred S. Wilsey. 2002.2a–b

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