LECTURE CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Great Women Artists: Turkmen Weavings at the Turn of the Century
February 15, 2025 1:00 PM PST
This is a free, online event.
Join us for the 15th annual Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Memorial Lecture with Denise-Marie Teece, PhD, Assistant Professor of Art History at NYU Abu Dhabi. This talk explores the early (pre-1922) history of the collection, publication, and exhibition of Turkmen weavings — and highlights the great women artists who created these works.
Turkmen weavings are among the most visually stunning artistic creations of Central Asia, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco hold one of the most important collections of these works — a majority of the pieces donated by the late H. McCoy Jones who began collecting in 1922.
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Image: Camel trapping for a bridal procession (asmalyk), 19th century. Wool, knotted pile, applied tassels, 40 x 56 1/2 in. (101.6 x 143.5 cm). Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Caroline and H. McCoy Jones Collection Bequest of H. McCoy Jones. Photograph by Randy Dodson
