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FRAME|WORK: A vessel in the shape of a lion from ancient Anatolia

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on June 8, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature an ancient terracotta drinking vessel in the shape of a lion from Turkey, currently on view at the Legion of Honor.


Rhyton in the shape of a lion, 1860–1780 BC
Turkey, Anatolia, Kültepe
Terracotta
7 1/2 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.
Gift of the Queen of Greece through Alma de Bretteville Spreckels, 1924.15

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FRAME|WORK: A seven-headed bush spirit from Nigeria

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on June 1, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a life-size sculpture depicting a Nigerian bush spirit, currently on view in the African gallery at the de Young.


Shrine figure or bush spirit with seven heads, 20th century
Nigeria, Cross River, Ijo people
Wood, glass eyes, paint
172.7 x 35.6 x 45.7 cm (68.5 x 14.5 x 18 in.)
Museum purchase, gift of Phyllis C. Wattis and the Phyllis C. Wattis Fund for Major Accessions
2004.93

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FRAME|WORK: Third Class Carriage by Honorè Daumier

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 25, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, a painting by Honorè Daumier depicts an activity with which we are all too familiar: the commute. Third Class Carriage (Un Wagon de Troissieme Classe) is currently on display at the Legion of Honor in Gallery 17.


Honorè Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Third Class Carriage (Un Wagon de Troisieme Classe), 1856–1858
Oil on panel
10 1/4 x 13 3/8 (26 x 33.9 cm)
Museum purchase, Whitney Warren, Jr. Bequest Fund in memory of Mrs. Adolph B. Spreckels, Bequest funds of Henry S. Williams in memory of H.K.S. Williams, Magnin Income Fund, Art Trust Fund, Alexander and Jean de Bretteville Fund, Art Acquisition Endowment Income Fund in honor of Mrs. John N. Rosekrans, 1996.51

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FRAME|WORK: A ceremonial hanging from the Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Department of Textile Arts

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 17, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, we feature a superb example of Indonesian weaving from the Textiles Department. This new acquisition is not currently on display, so we hope you enjoy this virtual viewing!

Ceremonial hanging (palepai), 19th century
Indonesia, South Sumatra, Lampung
Handspun cotton; plain weave with supplementary-weft patterning
330 x 69 cm (129 15/16 x 27 3/16 in.)
Museum Purchase, Textile Arts Council Endowment Fund and the Nasaw Family Foundation Fund, 2010.1

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FRAME|WORK: Ponds and Streams by Wayne Thiebaud

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 11, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a new weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week we feature a landscape painted by one of our marquee artists, Wayne Thiebaud.

Wayne Thiebaud, American, b. 1920
Ponds and Streams, 2001
Oil on canvas. 182.9 x 152.4 cm (72 x 60 in.)
Museum purchase, gift of Richard N. and Rhoda Goldman
2001.168

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