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Abbreviations

Abbreviations fall into five categories:
General
Months
Places
Museums and Galleries
Reviewer Initials

GENERAL ABBREVIATIONS

adv—advertisement; always appears in conjunction with il, por, phot or a combination of these

Anon.—Anonymous

Assn—Association

b.—born

bk—book; used at the beginning of a book review

ca.—circa

col—color

coll—collection

Coll—College

d.—died

ed.—edited

Gal—Gallery, Galleries, etc.

group—group exhibition

il—illustration or illustrations of works of art

jt—joint, as joint author

Lib—Library

m/m—mixed media

Mus—Museum

o/c—oil on canvas

p, pp—page, pages

phot—photograph; includes installation views of exhibitions, pictures of architecture, etc.

plan—architectural plan

por—portrait

Pt—part

Pub—Public

repr—reproduction, not a part of any article; always appears in conjunction with il, por, phot or a combination of these

Soc—Society

U—University

w—with

w/c—watercolor

x—exhibition at

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MONTHS

Ja—January

F—February

Mr—March

Ap—April

My—May

Je—June

Su—Summer (June-August)

Jy—July

Ag—August

Se—September

O—October

N—November

D December

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PLACES

B.C.—British Columbia, Canada

Berk—Berkeley, California

Chi—Chicago, Illinois

LA—Los Angeles, California

LagB Laguna Beach, California

LJ—La Jolla, California

NY—New York, New York

Oak—Oakland, California

Pasa—Pasadena, California

Sac—Sacramento, California

SB—Santa Barbara, California

SD—San Diego, California

SF—San Francisco, California

SFe—Santa Fe, New Mexico

Note: except for larger cities such as Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, etc., place names that are given in full but without a state may be assumed to be in California.

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MUSEUMS & GALLERIES

Ach—Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Art, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California

ACLJ—Art Center in La Jolla, La Jolla, California (later became La Jolla Museum of Art)

AIC—Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

BrM—Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

CalPal—California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California

CCAC—California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

Corcoran—Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.

CrAG—Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California

CSCLA—California State College at Los Angeles Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California

CSCLB—California State College at Long Beach Art Gallery, Long Beach, California (previously called Long Beach State College)

deYoung—M. H. deYoung Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California

DMFA—Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas

FAGSD—Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, San Diego, California

FestA—Festival of Arts, Laguna Beach, California

GaMA—Gallery of Modern Art, New York, New York (see also Huntington Hartford Collection)

Gugg—Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York

HHC—Huntington Hartford Collection, New York, New York (see also Gallery of Modern Art)

Huntington—Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California

HyPAC—Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

IIT—Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

Kaiser—Kaiser Center Art Gallery, Oakland, California

LAAA—Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, California

LACMA—Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

LACMHS—Los Angeles County Museum of History and Science, Los Angeles, California

LagBAA—Laguna Beach Art Association, Laguna Beach, California

LAVC—Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, California

LBMA—Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California

LBSC—Long Beach State College Art Gallery, Long Beach California (later California State College at Long Beach)

LJMA—La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, California (previously Art Center in La Jolla)

Lytton—Lytton Savings & Loan Association, Los Angeles, California

Lytton(Oak)—Lytton Savings & Loan Association, Oakland, California

MAGLA—Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California

MFAH—Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

Mills—Mills College, Oakland, California

MoCA—Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois

MoMA—Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York

MtSAC—Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, California

MtStM—Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles, California

OM—Oakland Museum, Oakland, California (previously Oakland Art Museum)

Otis—Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

PAC—Chicago, Illinois (abbreviation not identified)

PasAM—Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, California

PaVCAA—Palos Verdes Community Arts Association Library Gallery, Palos Verdes, California

PavGal—Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor, Pavilion Gallery, Balboa, California

PC—Phillips Collection, Washington, D. C.

PhoenAM—Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona

Pomona—Pomona College Art Gallery, Claremont, California

PorAM—Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon

RichAC—Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California

SacSC—Sacramento State College, Sacramento, California

SBMA—Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California

Scripps—Scripps College Art Gallery, Claremont, California

SDSC—San Diego State College Art Gallery, San Diego, California

SeAM—Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

SeWF—Seattle World’s Fair [1962], Seattle, Washington

SFAI—San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

SFMA—San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California

SFSC—San Francisco State College, San Francisco, California

SFVSC—San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California

SJSC—San Jose State College Art Gallery, San Jose, California

StaMonAG—Santa Monica Art Gallery, Santa Monica, California

StaMonHS—Josephine Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, California

StanU—Stanford University, Stanford, California (includes Museum and Art Gallery)

SwC—Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California

Tate—Tate Gallery, London, England

UC—University of California, Berkeley, California (includes several galleries)

UC, Lowie—Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, California

UCD—University of California, Davis, Davis, California

UCI—University of California, Irvine, Art Gallery, Irvine, California

UCLA—University of California at Los Angeles Art Galleries, Los Angeles, California

UCR—University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California

UCSB—University of California, Santa Barbara, Art Gallery, Santa Barbara, California

UCSD—University of California, San Diego, Art Gallery, La Jolla, California

USC—University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

UStTh—University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas

VAG—Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

WMAA—Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York

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REVIEWERS’ INITIALS

AB—Bardo, Arthur

AB—Bloomfield, Arthur (I:2 only)

AM—Millier, Arthur

AN—Nin, Anaïs

AS—Secunda, Arthur

BB—Breckenridge, Betty

BD—Davis, Bruce

BH—Howell, Betje

BS—Smith, Barbara

CHH—Hertel, Carl H.

CO—Opliger, Curt

CP—Perkins, Constance

CR—Rathfon, Carole

CS—Steen, Charlene

CW—Wolfe, Clair

DB—Beall, Dennis

DF—Factor, Don

DG—Gebhard, David

DGC—Carr, D. G.

DM—McClellan, Doug

DT—Totten, Donald

DY—Yonker, Dolores

EC—Carter, Earl

EK—Kurzen, Estelle

EM—Mundt, Ernest

EMP—Polley, E. M.

ET—Thorne, Edgar

EW—Wilson, Ellen

FAD—Danieli, Fidel A.

FD—Danieli, Fidel A.

FM—Martin, Fred

GB—Baker, George

GN—Nordland, Gerald

GRJ—James, George R.

HF—Fenton, Howard

HG—Giambruni, Helen

HJW—Weeks, H. J.

HTH—Hopkins, Henry T.

HVB—von Breton, Harriette

IBP—Petlin, Irving

IED—Desenberg, Irma E.

IG—Gieling, Imogene

ISP—Petlin, Irving

JB—Baxter, John

JC—Christopher, Jay (II:8 only)

JC—Coplans, John

JCM—Magloff, Joanna C.

JE—Engel, Jules

JF—Fassbinder, John

JH—Hansen, Jorgen L. (II:3 & II:7 only)

JH—Hugo, Joan

JI—Isaacson, Joel

JLH—Hansen, Jorgen L.

JM—McMenamin, James (I:8-I:12, Los Angeles only)

JM—Monte, James

JP—Parks, James

JR—Reuschel, John

JVE—Von Euer, Judith

JW—Weeks, John

KS—Stiles, Knute

KTS—Steinitz, Kate Traurnan

KVM—von Meier, Kurt

LM—McCann, Louis

LR—Rottersman, Larry

MB—Barnes, Molly

ME—Ewalt, Mary

MH—Hartman, Monte

MM—Martin, M.

MS—Siple, Molly

NM—Marmer, Nancy

PDF—French, Palmer D.

PF—French, Palmer D.

PL—Leider, Philip

PP—Plagens, Peter

RGW—Wholden, Rosalind G.

SCS—Schoneberg, Sheldon Clyde

SG—Gordin, Sydney

SNH—Hopps, Shirley N.

SRS—Snyder, Susan Ruth

SYP—Pettibone, Shirley Young

SZP—Perkoff, S. Z.

TH—Heyman, Therese T.

VA—Allen, Virginia

VL—Laddey, Virginia

VS—Smith, Vic

VS—Swanson, Vern (I:12 only)

WH—Hopps, Walter

WW—Wilson, William

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