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Picasso’s Tapestry Director’s Letter 2011–2012 ON THE COVER Board of Trustees Guernica (detail) Officers After 1937 painting by Pablo Mrs. Karen Hixon, Mr. John Eadie, Treasurer (Spanish 1881-1973) Chairman Mr. W. Richey Wyatt, Woven in 1955 by René and de la Ms. Claudia Huntington, Secretary Baume Dürrach Hundreds of loans add Vice Chairman Wool tapestry VOTING TRUSTEES On loan from Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller, L.2011.18 Mrs. Martha S. Avant Mrs. Janey B. Marmion © 2012 Estate of / Ms. Janet L. Brown Mr. Bruce Mitchell Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Mrs. Stephanie Cavender Mr. Gilbert Lang Mathews 2 to SAMA’s treasures Mr. Jorge Del Alamo Mrs. Peggy Mays This is the season of shared treasures! of civilians. Picasso commissioned a pair Mr. John Eadie Mr. Andrew Novak Mr. Thomas Edson Mr. Thomas I. O’Connor All of SAMA is enlivened and invigorated of Parisian weavers, Rene and Jacqueline Mr. Anthony Edwards Col. William Rasco Picasso’s by the addition of literally hundreds of de la Baune Durrbach who had trained at Mrs. Claire Golden Mrs. Elizabeth McAllen loans to the San Antonio Collects series the famed Aubusson workshops, to create Roberts Mrs. Marie Halff of exhibitions. Besides the treasures on the Guernica Tapestry, a direct copy of the Mrs. Emory Hamilton Mr. William Scanlan, Jr. Guernica Mrs. Rose Marie Hendry Mr. Banks M. Smith view from local collections in our three painting. Picasso worked closely with the Mrs. Karen Herrmann Mrs. Beth Smith main exhibitions, San Antonio Collects: Durrbach’s to change the color palette of Mr. Christopher C. Hill Mrs. Nancy Steves Tapestry African American Art (on the 3rd floor in the tapestry away from the harsh grays and Mrs. Ruth Eilene Sullivan Mrs. Karen Hixon the American department), San Antonio blacks into a softer mélange of toffees, cara- Ms. Candace Humphreys Mr. Rich Walsh Ms. Claudia Huntington Mrs. Sonya Medina Collects: Gentilz (in the focus gallery) and mels and coffee colors. Williams Ms. Carol L. Karotkin San Antonio Collects: Contemporary (in the bought the tapestry in 1955 from Picasso, Mr. Kenneth L. Wilson Mrs. Harriet Kelley Mr. W. Richey Wyatt Cowden exhibition hall), our curators have and for many years it hung at the United Carol Lee Klose Mrs. Karen Lee Zachry also asked many local collectors to share Nations in at the entrance Mrs. Rosario Laird What’s in Mrs. Kim Lewis works of art from their personal collec- to the Security Council as a reminder of the tions to enrich the permanent collections. evils of war. LIFE TRUSTEES Mrs. Lenora Brown Mrs. Betty Kelso Spectacular works of art from all over the At SAMA, it is hanging in the Mr. Walter F. Brown, Sr. Mrs. Patsy Steves 7 world that are in private collections here Rockefeller wing in the The Robert J. ADVISORY TRUSTEES in San Antonio are interwoven into the Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Gallery Ms. Margery Block Mr. James Letchworth permanent galleries of the museum. Each with a group of Latin American modern- Mr. Henry E. Catto, Jr.* Mrs. Katherine Moore McAllen Gallery Spotlight work of art on loan to the museum is iden- ist paintings that are equally vocal about Mr. Dale F. Dorn Mrs. Chave Gonzaba Mr. Henry R. Muñoz, III tified with a label that says San Antonio the perils of war. Save it for last on your Mr. Friedrich Hanau- Dr. Raul Ramos Sublime Light: A Survey of Collects. On your next visit, use these hid- treasure hunt. Schaumburg Mr. Epitacio Resendez V den gems as an excuse to devise your own If you are exhausted after looking for, Mr. Edward A. Hart Mrs. Lisa Swann American Photographs from Mr. Peter M. Holt Mr. Patrick B. Tobin treasure hunt. and finding, so many exceptional works Mrs. Sandi Kolitz the Permanent Collection One of the biggest treasures to arrive of art in SAMA right now, make sure to NATIONAL TRUSTEES at SAMA this spring and summer is the stop by the “Scene at SAMA” for a signa- Mrs. Lila Cockrell Mr. John J. Roberts exceptionally beautiful and important ture cocktail and cool jazz on the second Mrs. Eva Garza Lagüera Mr. Nelson A. Guernica Tapestry made for Pablo Picasso Friday of every month. Remember too, Rockefeller, Jr. Mrs. Marian Harwell* in 1955. The Rockefeller Family has agreed that the café is open for dinner on Friday Ann R. Roberts Mrs. Marie Schwartz David Halliday (born 1958) Bread House, 2007 to place their Guernica Tapestry, the first of and Saturday evenings, and every Friday HONORARY TRUSTEES 8 Mr. H. Rugeley Ferguson Dr. Ricardo Romo Archival inkjet print three tapestries made for Picasso, at SAMA features a live jazz performance. Mrs. Edith McAllister Gift of the artist and for an extended loan period. See you at SAMA! Arthur Roger Gallery Picasso painted his Guernica in response EX-OFFICIO TRUSTEE Aphrodite and the 2010.9 Katherine C. Luber, Ph.D. to the aerial bombing of the Basque town of Sincerely, *deceased Guernica by the German allies of the fascist Gods of Love rebel General Franco during the Spanish Renowned works from the SPECIAL INSERT Civil War. Guernica masterfully depicts the horrors of war, especially the suffering Museum of Fine , Boston EventGuide / TourGuide Katherine C. Luber, Ph.D.

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Head of Aphrodite (Bartlett Head) Greek (Athens), late Classical or Early Hellenistic period, 330-300 BC Marble; h. 11 5/16 in., w. 7 1/8 in., d. 9 3/4 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Francis Bartlett Donation of 1900, 03.743 200 West Jones Avenue • San Antonio, Texas 78215 (210) 978-8100 • www.samuseum.org SUMMER 2012 1 Feature Feature

merica’s much celebrated family, the Rockefeller actively collected art throughout his life. His tastes were Guernica Family was once compared to the Medici of focused in three areas: “primitive” art, modern art, and After 1937 painting by Pablo Renaissance Italy. And Governor Nelson A. Mexican folk art. Most of Rockefeller’s “primitive” col- Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973) A Woven in 1955 by René and Rockefeller (1908-1979) was once referred to as the lection was given or bequeathed to the Met and is now Jacqueline de la Baume “Cosimo d’Medici” of the Family, because of his life- housed in the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, named after Dürrach Picasso’s long devotion to the arts. He served on the boards of the Nelson’s son who was lost in New Guinea. His modern Wool tapestry Met, MoMA, and other prestigious museums and, while collection was given or bequeathed to Kykuit, the family On loan from Governor of New York, he established the New York estate in North Tarrytown, NY and to New York City’s Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller L.2011.18 Council for the Arts, the first of its type in the United , founded by Nelson’s mother © 2012 Estate of Pablo States. Nelson Rockefeller, like other members of his Abby Aldridge Rockefeller. The majority of his Mexican Picasso / Artists Rights Guernica Tapestry family, was passionately involved in the visual arts and folk art collection was given to the San Antonio Museum of Society (ARS), New York

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Art by his oldest daughter Ann Rockefeller Roberts and the to rest at the Museum of Modern Art collection is now located in SAMA’s Nelson A. Rockefeller in New York, where it remained for Mays Free Sundays starts June 3; Café extends hours Center for Latin American Art. While his Mexican collec- over 30 years. Franco died in 1975, and tion was among his earliest and most cherished art collec- the Guernica painting returned to The San Antonio Museum of Art is pleased to tions, Rockefeller also had a strong passion for the work of after the dictator’s death, as Picasso had announce Mays Free Sundays starting June 3. Admission European pioneers of modern art, such as Braque, Leger, directed in his will. It was hung in the to the museum will be free to the public between the hours Picasso, Matisse, Kandinsky, Gris, and others. Picasso was Prado, Spain’s greatest museum, and of 10:00 am and 12:00 pm every Sunday. To coincide with clearly Rockefeller’s favorite. because passions about the civil war were the extended hours, Café des Artistes will be opening at still deep, the painting was installed well 10:00 am for brunch on Sundays. Additionally, on June behind bullet-proof glass and flanked by 3 our First Sundays for Families will begin at 1:00 pm, “Of all of them, Picasso was always security guards. Later, it moved to the providing the perfect opportunity for the public to spend my favorite. His restless vitality and Museo Reina Sofia, Spain’s most impor- the day enjoying SAMA’s treasures. constant search for powerful new tant 20th century art museum, where it A special thank you to the Mays Family Foundation resides today. for helping SAMA be free to the community on Sundays. forms of expression, combined Guernica is one of the most important Remember that the museum is also free every Tuesday with his superb craftsmanship and paintings of the modern era and is visited from 4:00 to 9:00 pm thanks to H-E-B. sense of color and composition, by millions of people each year. All who view it are free to offer their own inter- have remained an unending source pretations about this provocative work of art, just as Picasso had wanted. of joy and satisfaction to me.” Thanks to the Mays Family (Masterpieces of Modern Art: Foundation, SAMA will open its doors Guernica: The Tapestry to the public for free on Sundays from The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection (1981), In 1951, Pablo Picasso saw the work 10 am to 12 pm beginning June 3. p. 16. New York: Hudson Hills Press.) of master weavers René and Jacqueline de la Baume Nelson Rockefeller stands Dürrbach, whose studio was in the Var region of the south with art critic Aline Saarinen Nelson Rockefeller acquired many important paint- of France. He was highly impressed by their mastery of in front of the tapestry in January, 1964. ings and drawings by Picasso, most of which were donated tapestry technique and its use to restate two dimensional or bequeathed to MoMA. In the mid-1950s, Rockefeller painted masterpieces. Picasso asked them to weave tap- learned that a tapestry had been created of Guernica, one of estries of several of his most important paintings, and, in Scene at SAMA offers monthly Picasso’s most important works and one of the most iconic 1954, they wove their first piece based on one of his works. and powerful paintings of the 20th century. Rockefeller In 1955, the Dürrbachs wove the first of three tapestries acquired it. Because of SAMA’s close relationship with the after his masterpiece Guernica. Each weaving took about extended hours, music, cocktails Rockefeller Family, the tapestry has been loaned to our six months to complete. One remains in France, another museum for all to see and ponder. belongs to a Japanese collection, and the first was purchased The Museum is proud to announce its exciting new Scene at SAMA is part of the Museum’s efforts to meet by the late Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, a longtime friend of Second Friday “Scene at SAMA” Happy Hour, a monthly the needs of young professionals (or the young at heart!) Guernica: The Painting Picasso and a collector of his work. While the painting had event that combines a particular aspect of the Museum’s to have a fun, sophisticated atmosphere to meet and enjoy In April of 1937, during the , been more monochromatic, with blacks, whites, and shades world class art exhibitions with a complementary musical cocktails, music and culture. The event is free with museum German war planes, in support of the Nationalist forces of of gray, in the tapestries the weavers introduced various genre and a unique specialty cocktail. Meet up with friends to admission and is a collaboration between the San Antonio Generalissimo , bombed the small Basque shades of yellow and brown as well. As Rockefeller stated, start off the weekend at SAMA’s pavilion on the banks of the Museum of Art and KRTU Jazz 91.7. town of Guernica. It was the first time aerial bombing had “The subject had been sensitively and brilliantly adapted San Antonio River or make a night of it with extended hours been systematically used against a non-combatant, civilian to the different medium, and the result was a stunningly until 9:00 pm for both the Museum and Café des Artistes. population. The town burned for three days, and 1,600 beautiful work of art in its own right.” LEFT: The crowed gathers on the Gloria Galt River civilians were killed or wounded. Nelson Rockefeller served as Governor of New Landing for the first Scene at SAMA event in February. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1883-1973), one of the great York from 1959 to 1973. During that period, he exhib- BELOW: Guests enjoy music and cocktails artists of the 20th century, was living in Paris at the time ited Guernica in Albany and private Rockefeller galler- in SAMA’s Great Hall. of the Guernica attack. He was horrified by the bombing, ies in Tarrytown, N.Y., and Seal Harbor, Maine. In the BELOW LEFT: Bary Brake: Passion provided and, shortly afterwards, began working on Guernica for the early 1960s, the tapestry traveled to universities in New musical entertainment Spanish Pavilion of the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris. Painted York and Maine as well as to four cities in Japan. After in black and white with shades of gray and measuring Rockefeller’s death in 1979, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller lent over 25 feet long, this powerful cubist work incorporates the tapestry to the United Nations, where it was installed haunting images of writhing women, children, animals, outside the Security Council with a plaque that read “In and destroyed buildings (many aflame) swirling around memory of Nelson A. Rockefeller and of his faith in and two central figures, a horse and a bull, Spain’s most endur- support for the United Nations.” ing iconic symbols. For many at the time, this painting When Gen. and Amb. represented a loud cry of protest against the brutal attack held a press conference after making their case for war on civilians. Subsequent generations worldwide now see it in Iraq, they stood in front of Guernica, which had been On view now as a powerful universal expression of the atrocities of war. mysteriously covered. Some say it was to simplify the To bring attention to the Spanish Civil War, the paint- backdrop for the cameras; others believe that it was to Contemporary Latin ing was sent on tour in 1939 to Scandinavia, Great Britain, protect their message from the powerful anti-war images of American Art Gallery , and various venues in the United States. It came Picasso’s tapestry.

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View it here he San Antonio Museum of Art began its Historical photography the Sublime Light: A 2012 exhibition calendar with the San Antonio Survey of American Photographs from the Collects exhibition series that celebrates the Permanent Collection T At the San Antonio Collects: Gentilz and Mission Life in San Antonio opening dinner: June 2 – August 19, 2012 world-class art collections housed here in our own city. Dr. Charles Cotrell, Ronald Herrmann, Dr. Marion Oettinger focus of Sublime Light Focus Gallery Sublime Light: A Survey of American Photographs from the Paul Strand, George Tice, Edward Weston, Minor White Permanent Collection gathers more than fifty masterful and and James Van Der Zee. Subjects range from cityscapes, BELOW Kay Bell Reynal (1905-1977) iconic images from SAMA’s holdings of photography and industry, and rural landscapes, to portraits, figures, and Two Models with Sunshields, 1948 strives to illustrate the breadth and vitality of the medium still-lifes that are imbued with elegance and poignancy as Gelatin silver print san antonio over the last one and one half centuries. Although the first well as sublime beauty. Purchased with funds fixed image was recorded in 1826, artists were exploring Into the 21st century and our information and ubiqui- provided by the Hearst the possibilities of recording light-generated images as tous image-rich digital age, SAMA’s collection continues Foundation 77.232 early as the Renaissance using an optical device called the to grow to include innovative and compelling works in the BELOW LEFT camera obsura. It consisted of a darkened room or box with medium of photography. As artists continue to embrace, Unknown American a hole in one side, light rays from an external scene passed experiment with and exploit the latest digital equipment photographer (19th century) collects through a small hole in one wall to form an image on the and materials at their disposal toward artistic ends, the Portrait of a Shirtless Exhibition series celebrates world-class collections in San Antonio opposite wall, long enough to be traced on paper. Over boundaries of photography are ever expanding and evolv- Young Man c. 1865 time, this camera evolved through technological advances, ing. Examples of digitally manipulated photographs or Tinted Ambrotype San Antonio Collects: African American – Featuring diminished in size, and eventually became the modern images exploring the use of new technologies are featured Gift of Mrs. Ben A. Franks, works from the Harriet and Harmon Kelley and Irene and portable camera. in works by David Halliday, Geoff Winningham, Juan 64.238.19.c Leo Edwards Collection opened with a private reception A selection of historic photographic images emerge Miguel Ramos and Maggie Taylor. for local and national dignitaries, including Martin Luther from SAMA’s vault for the exhibition, dating from the mid King III, the son of the late Reverend Martin Luther King, to late 19th century by largely unknown photographers or Jr., on the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. studios, and offers a rare glimpse into the early years of fix- march in San Antonio. Due to the overwhelming posi- ing image to plate or paper. Early photographs, rather pre- tive response to the exhibition, its closing date has been cious and diminutive in size, are usually stiffly posed por- extended to June 17, 2012. traits or landscape subjects. The images are documentary San Antonio Collects: Gentilz and Mission Life of San in nature, or try to emulate still life or landscape paintings Antonio and Northern Mexico highlights the nineteenth- ABOVE of the day. Examples include the daguerreotype (one-of-a- century artist Theodore Gentilz who painted the missions Gala guests enjoy an kind photographic image on copper plate, a “direct posi- exclusive preview of the tive”) and the ambrotype (one-of-a-kind image on glass and of San Antonio and Texas in its last days as a Republic. San Antonio Collects: A variety of unique programs, including a member-only Contemporary colored by hand). Through further technological improve- moonlight walk of the missions and a bike tour of the exhibition. ments of tintypes and albumen print processes which were Mission Reach portion of the Riverwalk were offered to IMMEDIATE LEFT inexpensive to produce, photographs became very popular SAMA’s members and the public. Mrs. Hilda Ramos and and affordable collectibles for many Americans to own. SAMA’s most recent exhibition opening, San Antonio Dr. Raul Ramos. As early as the 1890s through the 20th century, pho- Collects: Contemporary – Works from important local collec- FAR LEFT AND BELOW tographers pushed the technical boundaries of the medium At the San Antonio Collects: itself, as well as exploring its expressive and creative tors and the Linda Pace Foundation opened with SAMA’s African American: Martin annual gala and exciting new after-party, The Happening. Luther King III addresses potential, propelling the medium of photography to fine Members and the public alike have also been treated to a and greets the crowd at art status. This exhibition features some of America’s variety of Artist Conversations with artists featured in the SAMA. Below: Katie Luber, most accomplished and celebrated photographers such Leo Edwards, Irene Edwards, exhibition along with a variety of upcoming programs that as Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Richard Avedon, Angela Waters King, Martin Margaret Bourke-White, Imogen Cunningham, Elliot includes the June 3 First Sundays for Families that high- Luther King III, Harriet Kelley, lights the exhibition. Harmon Kelley, Karen Hixon. Elisofon, Dorothea Lange, Barbara Morgan, Irving Penn, The museum also held a private dinner reception hon- Kay Bell Reynal, W. Eugene Smith, Edward Steichen, oring the local collectors whose art is currently enriching SAMA’s permanent collection.

6 SUMMER 2012 SUMMER 2012 7 Pre Pre Ancient Greece exhibition will Rostros de Maria: The Virgin Aug. 18 – Feb. 20, 2013 Golden Gallery bring Aphrodite to SAMA this fall as Archetype and Inspiration

For the first time in SAMA’s history, the preparation of brides; and personal articles Many aspects of the Roman Catholic cult provided centuries of inspiration for believ- Museum will host an exhibition focusing on such as mirrors and jewelry. The exhibition of Mary are deeply rooted in religious beliefs ers throughout Latin America and continues the art and culture of ancient Greece this fall. is enhanced by seven breathtaking works lent of the Old Testament and pre-Christian ritual to be a comforting model of sacrifice and Aphrodite and the Gods of Love features works by the National Archaeological Museum in associated with fertility, fecundity, maternity, fidelity. from the renowned classical art collection of Naples, Italy, including a stunning statue of nourishment and other core human needs. This exhibition draws from SAMA’s rich the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Aphrodite from the Roman amphitheater in For many centuries, Catholic Marian devo- collection of Marian images to illustrate the Although Aphrodite is best known today Capua and wall paintings and a silver cup tion manifested itself in myriad forms all over broad variation of the genre and demonstrate as the Greek goddess of love, this popular discovered in the ruins of Pompeii. While the Europe, supported by apparition accounts, the agility of religious art to adjust to new and potentially dangerous goddess was both exhibition is on view, the Museum will host a dress, physical appearance and other local times, places and cultures. a patroness of brides and an agent of political range of related programs including lectures, cultural and ethnic patterns. With the arrival harmony as well as an adulterous seductress films, concerts, family activities and more. of the Spanish, Portuguese and French in the Our Lady of Mercy and instigator of sexual desire. The exhibition Aphrodite and the Gods of Love has been Americas in the early 16th century, the Virgin Late 18th century explores Aphrodite’s many facets through organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Mary appeared in hundreds of communities Ecuador All on canvas Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Bentley graceful images of the goddess in marble, Boston. — on the banks of rivers, inside caves, atop 95.56 silver and bronze; votive offerings dedicated mountains, and other places which had been in her honor; Athenian vases depicting the sacred long before the landing of Europeans. Sept. 15, 2012 – Feb. 17, 2013 Usually, the Virgin appeared to ordinary Statue of Aphrodite (detail) Roman, from the amphitheater of Capua, A.D. 117-138 Cowden Gallery folks, often speaking indigenous languages, Marble wearing local dress and manifesting familiar H. 82 5/8 in. (210 cm) somatic features. Her presence in art has National Archaeological Museum, Naples, 6017

Rare Shunga prints on view for a limited time at SAMA Adad Hannah to Sept. 7 – Nov. 11, 2012 The three great capital cities of Japan — Edo, Osaka, Masanobu also produced paintings and prints on less titil- and Kyoto — were rivals in the Imperial era. Edo (near lating themes, such as landscapes and images of legendary bring photographs, Special Exhibitions present-day Tokyo), Osaka and Kyoto were known respec- figures. In addition to overtly sexual content, these prints Gallery tively as the political, commercial, and cultural capitals also contain interesting details such as interior furnishings of Japan. Each city had sprawling entertainment districts, and the elaborate textiles worn by the figures. Due to the tableaux to SAMA which included famous brothels, and the pleasures offered mature subject matter represented in these prints, this exhi- in each city were the subject of lively comparison. This bition is limited to an adult audience. Canadian artist Adad Hannah creates staged pho- rare and complete set of twelve tographs and video tableaux that reinterpret art histori- prints dating between 1710- A Couple Making Love on cal masterpieces and raise questions about the change 15 depict sexual encounters the Floor in Kyoto and evolution of a work’s meaning over time. For Adad Okumura Masanobu in the pleasure quarters of Hannah: Intimate Encounters at the San Antonio Museum (1686-1764) the three capitals. Each of the of Art, Hannah will exhibit projects created in response to Japan capitals is represented by four From Love in Three Capitals, an antique bust of Eros and Aphrodite, a painting of Adam prints. A small, round disc in ca. 1710-15 and Eve by Albrecht Dürer, and a nude sculpture from each print indicates the city Woodblock print The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin. Chosen because cal duo. For Unwrapping Rodin, a photographic sequence Eros and Aphrodite, 2008 Private Collection where the scene takes place. of their subtle erotic overtones, these selections from shows the nude statue in various stages of undress as wrap- HD video L.2012.47.1 The prints, titled Love in Three Hannah’s oeuvre will complement the concurrent exhibi- ping paper has been peeled from it. 7 min., 18 sec. Capitals, belong to the shunga Produced with the tion Aphrodite and the Gods of Love. For the SAMA exhibition, Hannah has been invited to genre, an erotic art tradition cooperation of the Museo Located at the Prado Museum in , Spain, the visit San Antonio to select a work from the collection of the Nacional del Prado. that began in the Heian peri- bust of Eros and Aphrodite is shown in Hannah’s photo- San Antonio Museum of Art. Once he has found a work od (794-1125) and remained graphs and videos with a woman and man respectively from the collection to inspire him, Hannah will produce popular in Japan up to modern about to kiss the lips of the god and goddess depicted in a new series of photographs and videos, with volunteers times. Sept. 1 – Dec. 30, 2012 the sculpture. Also produced at the Prado, Blocking Adam from the San Antonio community serving as models. The The prints are by artist and Eve includes photographs and videos of a young man new project will be exhibited with the three projects cited Focus Gallery Okumura Masanobu (1686- holding and implement to conceal the fig-leaved genitals above as SAMA’s feature exhibition for the 2012 edition of 1764) and show his character- of Adam and Eve in Albrecht Dürer’s painting of the bibli- FotoSeptimebreUSA. istic use of thick, black lines.

8 SUMMER 2012 SUMMER 2012 9 Membership & Development Membership & Development Gala celebrates San Antonio Collects: Contemporary SAMA hosted its annual gala on March 22 celebrat- ing the opening of the exhibition San Antonio Collects: Contemporary. The evening honored the late Linda Pace and other San Antonio contemporary art collectors, high- lighting their roles as leaders in the field as collectors and their commitment to the contemporary art community. Chaired by Guillermo Nicolás, SAMA’s West Court- yard was transformed into a fabulously vibrant party that was enjoyed by over 375 guests. The RK Group designed a menu that complimented the contemporary art theme, while Henry Brun entertained the audience with chic samba music by Judi DeLeon & the Brazilian ’12 Dr. Raphael Guerra, Alex Rubio, Vanessa Montaño, and Mrs. Sandra Guerra Ensemble. Guests danced into the night at the amazing after-party, The Happening.

The Happening Partygoers continued the celebration with a contem- porary art inspired night of dazzling live music under the pavilion on the Gloria Galt River Landing. Guests Destination: Paris event arrives in September enjoyed specialty cocktails served at the Buddah bar and live entertainment streamed from behind a larger than life The San Antonio Museum of Art will host its Sponsorships are available at the $5,000, $3,500 and shadow box. Destination: Paris event on Thursday, September 27, 2012. $1,500 level. Each level includes 20, 15 or 10 tickets based All proceeds from the evening’s events provided crucial Formerly the Backyard River Bash, this outdoor event on your level of sponsorship. In appreciation for your operating support for SAMA’s collections, exhibitions and is sure to draw a large crowd to SAMA’s beautiful West support, sponsors will be recognized in all print materials educational programming. Courtyard and Gloria Galt River Landing. related to the event. Individual tickets are available for Jill Rosenthal, Ana Paula Watson, Emma Calvert, and Elizabeth Roberts Cecil and William Scanlan, Jr. This year’s chairmen, Karen Lee and David Zachry, $200 per couple or $100 each. invite you to bring your friends to enjoy a taste of Paris with We hope you will join us for what is sure to be a fun a fabulous evening that includes a live performance by The evening at SAMA! This unique event will provide crucial Klocks, and an array of refreshing cocktails and Parisian operating support for SAMA’s collections, exhibitions and delicacies provided by Page Barteau Catering. There will educational programming. For more information and to also be an opportunity for a chance to win a trip to Paris! make your reservation please call (210) 978-8106. Circle Members Dinner set for fall, Ruiz-Healy to chair Become a Circle Member today and receive an exclu- sive invitation to the San Antonio Museum of Art’s Fourth Annual Circle Members Dinner to be held in the fall of 2012. This year’s event will once again be chaired by Lowry and Peggy Mays, David Rubin Steven Evans, Katie Luber, and Guillermo Nicolas Chris Carson and Patsy Steves Patricia Ruiz-Healy. Each year SAMA recognizes those who support the Museum’s membership program at $1,000 and above with an elegant reception, dinner and presenta- tion featuring an honored guest nationally recognized for his/her involvement in the arts. This is a wonderful opportunity to mingle with other arts supporters in the San Antonio community and to expand your knowledge of the arts, including SAMA’s collections. As patrons who show a deep commitment to the Museum’s mission, Circle Members also enjoy invitations to private events, programs Mark Gelatt, Joseph Almendariz and Alejandro Padilla Lawrence and Gina Markey Irma Nicolas and Margo Train and travel opportunities throughout the year. Updates about this year’s guest speaker and date of the Circle Members Dinner will be listed on the Museum’s website at www.samuseum.org. For more information on SAMA’s Circle Member program, or to join, you may contact Lana Shafer in the membership office at (210) 978- 8133 or [email protected]. A formal save the Circle Members enjoy a wonderful dinner sponsored by date and invitation will be sent to all current Circle NuStar Energy and South Texas Money Management in Members via mail. October 2011.

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Welcome new Current Circle Members as of February 29, 2012 and returning We are grateful for SAMA’s Circle Members whose contributions provide important annual operating support SHOP TALK — NEWS FROM THE SAMA STORE members and assist the Museum in presenting special exhibitions and dynamic educational programs for the community. Chairman’s Circle Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Herrmann Mr. Orville V. D. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Raymond McClellan Spratling The following gifts were received ($100,000 +) Carol Lee Klose and Carolyn Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cavender Mr. and Mrs. Red McCombs November 1, 2011 – February 29, 2012 Mr. and Mrs. Walter F. Brown A. Seale Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Hixon Mrs. Eva Garza Lagüera Cheever, Jr. McCutcheon Ms. Claudia Huntington and Mr. Lucifer Lighting Company Mrs. Lila Cockrell Mrs. Sue Carol McDonald Patron $500 Sponsor $125 Marshall Miller Mr. and Mrs. Toby O’Connor Mr. Edward E. Collins III Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mitchell Mr. James W. Albert Lance and Erika Aaron Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert E. Kelso Mrs. Dorothea C. Oppenheimer Mrs. Elizabeth M. Culhane Mr.William B. Moser and Dr. Valarie L. Mr. and Mrs. F. John Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Lewis Mr. Joe Orr Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drought Mr. and Mrs. John E. Newman, Jr. Trunk Show Spiser-Albert Ackermann Peggy and Lowry Mays Mr. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr. Betsy and Brooke Dudley NuStar Energy Join the SAMA Store for a unique shopping experience on Thursday, June 21 from Alan Beckstead and Catherine and Geary San Antonio Express-News Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey A. Duff Mr. and Mrs. Allan G. Paterson, Jr. Danny Lerma Director’s Circle Atherton Mr. and Mrs. William ($25,000 – $99,999) Mr. and Mrs. A. Baker Duncan Mr. and Mrs. Leo Perron 6:00 – 9:00 pm. The show will feature unique reproductions of original Spratling designs. Dr. Thomas A. Berg and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Scanlan, Jr. The Capital Group Companies Dr. and Mrs. Charles Du Val Phyllis Browning Company Dr. Susan Erickson Bashore Consuelo Ulrich, current owner of the Spratling company, will be at SAMA during this Charitable Foundation St. Mary’s University Mr. and Mrs. John Eadie Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro Mrs. Eileen S. Star Mrs. Marie Halff Mrs. Patsy Steves Mr. Anthony C. Edwards Powell, Jr. event to discuss the rich history of Spratling silver work. During this event, members will Cooper Batrouny Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Hamilton Mrs. Ruth Eilene Sullivan Ms. Caroline Forgason Dr. and Mrs. Raul Ramos Mrs. Mary Elizabeth receive 10% off any purchase of Spratling merchandise, which is normally not eligible for Mr. Andrew Mr. Norman Harwell Trinity University Frost Col. and Mrs. William Dean Droste Rasco Baumgardner H-E-B University of Texas at San Ms. Susan Toomey Frost membership discounts. Stop by the store today to look at the current Spratling merchan- Dr. and Mrs. Richard Antonio Mr. Epitacio R. Reséndez V Ms. Debbie Baxter Valero Energy Foundation Carlos and Malu Alvarez dise we have in stock and get a taste of what is to come this summer. Dulany Rabbi Barry Block and University of the Incarnate Word Dr. Homero Garza Olga V. Reyes Grace Labatt and Leader’s Circle Mrs. Claire Golden Mr. and Mrs. Juan Ruiz-Healy Dr. Toni Dollinger Block Art Society Circle Robert Swartz ($10,000 – $24,999) Dr. and Mrs. William Gonzaba Mr. Banks M. Smith Mr. Peter Bella ($1,000 – 4,999) Miss Gloria Galt Mr. and Mrs. Forrester Smith Chris and Bill McCartney Ms. Susan A. Bowen Anne Alexander, Appraiser Mr. and Mrs. Friedrich Hanau- Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hendry III Schaumburg South Texas Money Ms. Virginia Nicholas Miss T. Ray Bridges Rowan and Lexie Altgelt Mr. Henry R. Munoz III Mr. and Mrs. Houston H. Harte Management Mr. John L. Santikos Mr. and Mrs. Gene Ames, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Mrs. Nancy Brown Negley Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hayne Mr. and Mrs. Edward Steves Dr. and Mrs. Alberto Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur S. Avant, Jr. Brown Mr. Christopher C. Hill Dr. and Mrs. Karl Swann Serrano Benefactor’s Circle Mr. and Mrs. William D. Balthrope Ralph and Karen Mr. and Mrs. Reagan Houston IV Mr. Patrick H. Swearingen, Jr. Mrs. Elsie G. Steg ($5,000 – $9,999) Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Berler Leighton Canales Mr. and Mrs. Michael Humphreys Mrs. James D. Sweeney Ms. Ann Griffith Ash Ms. Margery L. Block Mr. Tom Wright Mr. and Mrs. Nick D. Carr Mr. John S. Jockusch Ms. Terence Touhey Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Bass Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bolner Mr. Chris Carson Rev. and Mrs. Raymond E. Emily Volk and Daniel Mais Associate $250 Mrs. Ruth McLean Bowers Bolner’s Fiesta Products Judd, Jr. Charles R. and Charlotte Walker Ms. Helen W. Baker Ed and Michelle Janet Brown Mr. and Mrs. Bradford R. Breuer Crossman Dr. and Mrs. Harmon W. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Donald Walker Dr. and Mrs. Carlos Mr. Charles Butt Mr. Thomas O. Brundage Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Weber Bazan Mr. and Mrs. C. Robert Mr. and Mrs. James F. Dicke II Mr. and Mrs. Harry H. Brusenhan Daubert Mr. and Mrs. John C. Kerr Dr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Wood Ms. Margaret Boldrick Mr. and Mrs. Dale F. Dorn Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Mr. and Mrs. Greg King Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Wulfe Jeffrey Dyer and Meryle Mr. Thomas H. Edson Cadwallader Mr. Ben E. Brewer III Mr. John Otis Kirkpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Richey Wyatt D. Dyer Mr. H. Rugeley Ferguson Dr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Calgaard Dr. and Mrs. C. Brandon Ms. Barbara C. Kyse Karen Lee and David Zachry Mr. and Mrs. David W. Goldsbury Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James S. Calvert Chenault Dr. and Mrs. Reggie Laird Falls Mrs. Helen K. Groves Mr. and Mrs. Richard Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Ms. Valerie Felger Mrs. Edith McAllister Dupre Ms. Jacquie Fraser- Mr. and Mrs. Brian CAFÉ CORNER — NEWS FROM CAFÉ DES ARTISTES Smtih Eickhoff Mrs. Hertzel Finesilver The following gifts were received November 1, 2011 – February 29, 2012 Ms. Bonnie L. Flake and Other gifts Dr. Francisco Garcia Belinda and George Gavallos Unrestricted Mr. and Mrs. John E. Newman, Jr. The Whitacre Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drought Ms. Laura Irene Gates Ruth and Edward Austin Mr. Andrew J. Novak Roger L. and Laura D. Zeller Mrs. Magdalene Flannery Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Mr. F. Gonzalez-Scarano Foundation Charitable Foundation Susan Goldston Tuesday, Friday, Saturday: Goldsmith Phyllis Browning Company and Ms. Barbara Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brundage Rio San Antonio Cruises Dr. and Mrs. Roy R. Gonzalez 11 am – 9 pm Mr. and Mrs. Greg In Honor Café wraps up Best in Turner Flohr Family Foundation The William & Salome Scanlan Mr. and Mrs. James W. 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Director’s Choice Wooden figures of Amitabha Buddha, the subject of this sculpture, were very popular in Japan during the 12th and 13th centuries. According to Mahayana Buddhist doctrine, Amitabha Buddha resides in the Western Paradise, and the fortunate faithful can be reborn there in the next life. In this gorgeous example, Amitabha is shown with his hands in a symbolic gesture known in Sanskrit as a mudra. This mudra means “welcome to paradise” and is related to the Buddha’s role in the Western Paradise. Consistent with Buddhist sculpture of the period, the figure is carved of wood and is constructed by the joined-block method. Traces of gold, pig- ment and lacquer suggest that the sculpture was originally painted and gilded. Some of the tiny jew- els that adorned Amitabha’s crown survive intact. Considering the early date and great rarity of the fig- ure, this image is in very good condition. The newly acquired Amitabha sculpture takes a place of pride Amitabha Buddha amongst the fine group of Japanese Buddhist figures Japan, Heian period, late 12th century in SAMA’s Asian art collection. Wood with traces of pigment The Buddha was acquired by the Museum early and gold this year thanks to the generosity of Lenora and Purchased with funds provided Walter F. Brown. The Museum is delighted to wel- by Lenora and Walter F. Brown come a late 12th century Japanese Buddha into our 2012.1 permanent collection.