Museum
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States · founded 1972
Museum in San Francisco, founded 1972. 12 people in the register connected with it.
The Cypriot collection
Small collection of Cypriot vases, terracottas and a few stone sculptures, mostly Legion of Honor gifts of 1924-25 and de Young pieces; a selection was catalogued in CCA 5 (1974). (1974)
History
- 1924The California Palace of the Legion of Honor opens in Lincoln Park.
San FranciscoFine Arts Museums of…
- 1924–1925Nearly all the Cypriot objects of the Legion of Honor (accessions 1924.9, 1925.17, 1925.346 etc.) came as gifts of Mrs Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Awl; the museum's online records for 47 of them (e.g. 1925.17, 1925.346.3-4) credit the Queen of Greece as donor.
San FranciscoAlma de Bretteville Spreckels AwlKarageorghis & Amyx 1974Francisco
- 1956Lester Luz gives a Cypriot limestone male head (1956.229); Else Schilling gives an oinochoe (56.3.1).
San FranciscoLester LuzElse SchillingFrancisco
- 1972The de Young and Legion of Honor are formally unified as the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, under director Ian McKibbin White.
San FranciscoIan WhiteFine Arts Museums of…
- 1974Karageorghis and Amyx publish Cypriote Antiquities in San Francisco Bay Area Collections (CCA 5, SIMA XX:5), covering the Legion of Honor and de Young, with help from officials of the San Francisco museums.
San FranciscoVassos KarageorghisDarrell Arlynn AmyxGraeme KeithIan WhiteRobert GallagherKarageorghis & Amyx 1974
- 1991Charles and Diane Frankel give five Cypriot pieces (accession group 1991.95), including a bichrome pilgrim flask (1991.95.1), neck-amphora (1991.95.3) and jug (1991.95.4).
San FranciscoCharles FrankelDiane FrankelFrancisco
People
12 peopleStaff and members · 5
- Graeme Keithofficial (1974–1974) · official · worked for itKarageorghis & Amyx 19741974
- Ian Whiteofficial (1974–1974) · worked for itKarageorghis & Amyx 19741974
- Robert Gallagherofficial (1974–1974) · worked for it · member or staffKarageorghis & Amyx 19741974
- Darrell Arlynn Amyxspecialist (1974–1974)Karageorghis & Amyx 1974
- M. H. de Youngother · acted for itFrancisco
Donors and lenders · 7
- Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Awldonor (from 1924) · donor · gave objectsKarageorghis & Amyx 19741924–1925
- Queen of Greece (donor credit, FAMSF 1925)gave objects1924–1925
- Lester Luzdonor (1956–1956) · donor · gave objectsFrancisco1956
- Charles Frankeldonor (1991–1991) · donor · gave objectsFrancisco1991
- Diane Frankeldonor (1991–1991) · gave objectsFrancisco1991
- Else Schillingdonor · gave objectsFrancisco
- Morris Herzsteindonor · gave objectsFrancisco
Objects
Bull askos, Base Ring, Late Cypriot II (Legion of Honor)
1925.17via Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Awl1925FranciscoKarageorghis & Amyx 1974, cat. 29
Bull askos, 1400-1230 BC
1925.351via Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Awl1925Francisco
Spindle bottle, Red Lustrous Wheel-made, LC I-II
1925.346.3via Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Awl1925Karageorghis & Amyx 1974, cat. 27
Head of a bearded man, limestone, mid 6th century BC
54579Francisco
Male head, Cypriot limestone, 3rd-2nd century BC
1956.229via Lester Luz1956Francisco
Pilgrim flask, bichrome ware, ca. 850-750 BC
1991.95.1via Charles Frankel1991Francisco
Sources
- 1.V. Karageorghis, D. A. Amyx (1974). Cypriote Antiquities in San Francisco Bay Area Collections. Göteborg.
- 2.“Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco”. Wikipedia. Online
- 3.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. “Online collection records”. FAMSF online collection, 1925.17, 1925.346.3-4, 1956.229, 56.3.1, 1991.95.1-4, 41759, 389.
- 4.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Bull askos 1925.17.
- 5.Olivier Masson (1996). “La dispersion des antiquités chypriotes: les deux collections Cesnola”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 25, 3-32. Online
- 6.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Bull askos 1925.351.
- 7.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Head of a bearded man 54579.