• Item: “The Mechanic” SOLD
  • Artist/Designer: Nancy Genn. (1929- ) San Francisco, CA

    Education:

    California School of Fine Arts, S.F., CA.
    University of California, Berkeley, CA

    Selected Solo Shows:

    2004 Instituto Italiano di Cultura, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    2003 Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    Fresno Art Museun, Fresno, CA
    Bolinas Art Museum, Bolinas, CA
    2002 Ulivi Gallery, Prato, Italy
    2001 Leighton Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
    2000 Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA
    1999 Mills College of Art Museum, Oakland, CA.
    Takada Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    1997 Michael Petronko Gallery, New York, NY.
    1996, 93, 91 Harcourts Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    1994 Ann Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho
    1994 American Association for Advancement of Science, Washington D.C
    1993, 92 Brendan Walter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
    1992 Flora Lamson Hewlet Library, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
    1990 Richard Iri Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
    1987 Galleria 9 Colonne/Spe, Bologna, Italy
    1986, 84 Ivory/Kimpton Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    1984 Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York, NY.
    1983 Kala Institute Gallery, New York, NY.
    1981, 79, 77 Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York, NY.
    1981, 78, 76, Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, WA.
    1980 Inoue Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    1978 Annely Juda Fine Art, London, England
    1977, 75 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    1976 Los Angeles Institute for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
    1971 The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
    1970 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.
    1963 M.H. De Young Museum of Art, S.F., CA.

    PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

    Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
    Aldritch Museum, Ridgefield, CT.
    American Craft Museum, New York, NY.
    American Telephone & Telegraph, New York, NY.
    Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
    Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
    Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH.
    Golden Gateway Inc., San Francisco, CA.
    IBM, San Jose, CA.
    Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN.
    International Center of Aesthetic Research, Italy
    Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
    Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
    Mc Crory Corporation, New York, NY.
    MIlls College, Oakland, CA.
    Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
    National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.
    New York University Art Collection, New York, NY.
    The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA.
    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA.
    Simpson Paper Company, Seattle, WA.
    Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
    University of Texas, El Paso, TX.
    University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

    SELECTED AWARDS:

    Visiting Artist American Academy in Rome, 1989 & 1994
    United States/Japan Creative Arts Fellowship, Japan-United
    States Friendship Commission, 1978-1979
    HUD Award for Design Excellence (U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development), Honor Award, 1968
    Phelan Award, De Young Museum, San Francisco, 1963

  • Description: Oil on canvas. Very early work done at the age of 23 in 1952. Retains original San Francisco Museum of Art rental gallery tag.
  • Dimensions: 41” x 30” framed
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Price: SOLD

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