2023 Road Trip: The Huntington: Scott Galleries of American Art (5/19/2023)

Friday, May 19, 2023 (continued)

Because we were in the "neighborhood," we went to The Huntington, a complex with a library, art galleries, and botanical gardens. Henry Edward Huntington, a railroad and real estate magnate, purchased San Marino Ranch in 1903. He married his uncle's widow, Arabella Duval Huntington, and together they amassed art, library, and botanical collections. In 1919 they signed a trust document making their estate into a public institution, which opened to the public in 1928, in San Marino, CA.

The Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art (1984, by Paul Gray):

The Landmark (2016, by Enrique Martínez Celaya)

Diana the Huntress (1922, by
Anna Hyatt Huntington) (KSS)

Yarn-sewn rug (c 1845, attributed to
Hannah Rosina Maynard Phillips) is an unusual
item to be found in an art museum

Niagara Beadwork Hat (c 1850, Iroquois) (KSS)

Lone Star Appliqued Chintz and Pieced Quilt
(c 1840, attributed to Mary Seeds Moon)

Lone Star Quilt detail

Painted Schrank/Cabinet (c 1775,
from Berks County, PA)

Powder Horn (1766, by Obediah Hall) made from
a cow horn and inscribed with the maker's name

George Washington (1797,
by Gilbert Stuart) is a replica
painted by Stuart of his Athenaeum
version that served as the basis for the
engraved portrait on the one-dollar bill

Tea Service (1990, by Michael & Maureen Banner
in Art Nouveau style)

Three of five casement windows (c 1904, by
Greene and Greene) from the dining room of the
Adelaide Tichenor House (1904-1905) in Long Beach, CA;
and a bench (1907, by Greene and Greene) from the
Freeman Ford House (1906-1907) in Pasadena, CA

Charles and Henry Greene were brothers, and architects in the Arts and Crafts movement, with their practice based in Pasadena, CA.

There-Bound (2021, by Enrique Martínez Celaya)
shows migratory birds, and includes benches sculpted
from endemic woods, in the shape of birds

Portrait of Susan Ames (1849, by
Asa Ames) in carved and painted pine

Tacy Shoemaker (1818, attributed to
Charles Willson Peale) 

Shaker Boxes (c 1840-1860) was one
product that was marketed and 
sold to outsiders

Teardrop with Calligraphy "Zero"
(2010, by Mineo Mizuno)

Detail of the calligraphy of
the character for "Zero"

Peyote Candle (1951, by
Lee Mullican) (KSS)

Coffee or tea pot (c 1895, by
Charles Grosjean of Tiffany & Company)
in the Chrysanthenum pattern

Paris Street Scene (c 1889, by Childe Hassam) (KSS)

The Breaker Boys (c 1925, by George Luks) of
children who removed debris and sorted chunks
of coal according to size and grade

Yankee Driver (1923, by Thomas Hart Benton)

Dining room table and eight chairs (c 1899, by
Frank Lloyd Wright) for the Joseph W Husser
House in Chicago, IL 

Leaded glass window (1901, by
George Washington Maher and Louis Millet)
from the James A Patten House
in Evanston, IL, with a thistle design

Cabinet with Tulip Poplar Panels (1904, by
Edna Walker of the Byrdcliffe Colony)

State Fair (1929, by John Steuart Curry) (KSS)

The Gambler (2010, by
Enrique Martínez Celaya) portrays a boy
determined to carry on with his life
despite the burdens he carries

Next: The Huntington Botanical Gardens.