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FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO

Board of Trustees

June 13, 2002

I.

Calling of the Meeting to Order - Diane B. Wilsey, President

   
 

A meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco was held on Thursday, June 13, 2002, in the Board Room of the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Lincoln Park, San Francisco. A quorum was present that being one-third of the number of Trustees in office. The meeting was called to order at 3:15 p.m.

    President Wilsey presided; Mrs. Gough acted as Secretary.

   

II.

Calling of the Roll

   
 

The following Trustees were present:

    Arlene Ackerman

    Del M. Anderson

    Cheryl H. Bancroft

    Jamie Nicol Bowles

Barbara B. Carleton

Iris S. Chan

Barnaby Conrad III

Dagmar Dolby

Richard P. Essey

Morgan Flagg

Dr. Rupert Garcia

Jacqueline Hoefer

Beverly James

Diane B. Lloyd-Butler, Vice President/Marketing and Communications

Nancy McBean

J. Alec Merriam, Vice President

Lorna F. Meyer

Marianne H. Peterson

Michael H. Podell

Louise H. Renne

Randolph R. Scott

    Burl A. Toler, Sr.

Vivian Fei Tsen

Nancy Willis

Diane B. Wilsey, President

David Winton

 

On motion, duly seconded and carried unanimously, the following Trustees were excused:

    Alvin H. Baum, Jr.

    Alix Phillips Becker

    George McNear Bowles

T. Robert Burke

Marion Moore Cope

Belva Davis, Vice President/Civic Affairs and Audience Development

Richard H. Finn

Harrison S. Fraker, Jr.

John A. Friede

Mara Fritz

Richard N. Goldman

Constance Goodyear

Nancy Hamon

George Hecksher

Ann L. Johnson, M.D.

Stephen L. Johnson

William R. Kimball

Nion McEvoy

Josie Mooney

Robert P. Morrow III, Vice President/Finance

Joy Ou

Shelagh Rohlen, Vice President/Annual Support

George B. Saxe

Carlos Villa

Lonna Wais

The following ex-officio Trustees were unable to be present:

Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr.

John Murray, President, Recreation and Park Commission

Other Trustees in attendance were:

    Keith Eickman

    Leonard E. Kingsley

    Sylvia Kingsley

    Gail Merriam

Katharine Doyle Spann

William A. Stimson

III.

Report of the President - Diane B. Wilsey

 

A. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Minutes of the April 11, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees

 

        There being no discussion among the Trustees or members of the public, the minutes of the April 11, 2002 annual meeting of the Board of Trustees, having been mailed in advance to all Trustees, were unanimously approved.

 

B. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution to Approve the Report of the Acquisitions Committee of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation of May 24, 2002; Including Accepting the Works of Art Acquired through Purchase, Donation, and Bequest as Gifts from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation; Approving the Transfer of the Romanesque Portal from the Fine Arts Museums to the University of San Francisco; and Approving the Works of Art Recommended for Second Step Deaccessioning - J. Alec Merriam, Chair and Vice President

    1. Purchases - Acceptance of Gifts of Works of Art from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation

    Chair Merriam reported that Ocean Gate, a painted aluminum sculpture by Louise Nevelson, was recommended for purchase by the Acquisitions Committee. The sculpture, on view in the Sculpture Garden outside the Legion Café, was made possible through the generosity of a Trustee. A contemporary African object, Ceramic / Earthenware Vessel, 2000, by Magdalene Odundo, and When is Now, 2001, by Alan Rath, a contemporary work of wood, aluminum, electronics and LCDs, were also recommended for purchase.1

    A motion was made and seconded to approve and accept the purchases listed as Items 1, 3 and 4 on page 1 of Appendix I of these minutes as gifts to the Museums offered by The Fine Arts Museums Foundation. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve and accept these purchases.

    2. Gifts Offered to the Museums

    Chair Merriam particularly noted that fifteen works of Australian Aboriginal art were received, commemorating the Spirit Country exhibition in 1999 at the Legion of Honor.

    A motion was made and seconded to approve and accept the gifts offered to the Museums. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The

Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve and accept the gifts offered to the Museums listed on pages 2 and 3 of Appendix I of these minutes.

    3. Bequests Offered to the Museums

    The Museums received a significant bequest of 161 pre-Columbian artifacts, three American paintings, and thirty-five works on paper. Chair Merriam advised that a second bequest of ten works on paper included three works by Joan Miró, four by Henri Matisse, and one each by Robert Motherwell, Man Ray and Alexander Calder.

    A motion was made and seconded to approve and accept, or decline, the works of art bequeathed to the Museums listed on pages 4 and 5 of Appendix I of these minutes. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve and accept, or decline, the works of art bequeathed to the Museums.

    Chair Merriam announced that the Museums were recently advised of a major bequest of the following five paintings: a) three paintings by Richard Diebenkorn,

Miller #22, 1951; Untitled, 1950; and Berkeley #3, 1954; b) Untitled, 1948, by Mark Rothko; and c) At Five in the Afternoon, 1950, by Robert Motherwell. This bequest will be presented to the Acquisitions Committee at its next meeting in the fall, and will be discussed in further detail at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees.

    4. Transfer of the Romanesque Portal from the Fine Arts Museums to the University of San Francisco

    Chair Merriam advised that plans for the New de Young Museum in Golden

Gate Park do not include the re-installation of the 12th century Romanesque Portal, France, perhaps Languedoc. Upon the recommendation of the Curator of European Decorative Art and the Acquisitions Committee, the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco approved first and second step deaccessioning of the Romanesque Portal at its meetings on October 18, 2001 and April 11, 2002, respectively.

    Article VIII of the San Francisco Administrative Code pertains to the transfer of works of art and states that "Where it is found to be in the public interest to transfer any object which is of historical or other interest to San Francisco, the object will first be offered to a San Francisco public or nonprofit institution. Six San Francisco public or non-profit institutions were notified that the Romanesque Portal was available. Of the six institutions contacted, the University of San Francisco (University) expressed serious interest in acquiring the Portal and proposed in writing that it be installed in the entry lobby of the Gleeson Library / Geschke Learning Resources Center at the heart of the main campus.

    It was pointed out that the Ovila Portal from the Abbey of Santa Maria de Ovila was transferred to the University in 2001 and that the University is currently storing the Romanesque Portal on its campus in accordance with a five year storage agreement executed by the Museums and the University at the time of the transfer of the Ovila Portal. The University is willing to assume responsibility for the costs of storage, maintenance, conservation and reconstruction of the Romanesque Portal and to ensure public access to the Portal at no charge.

    A motion was made and seconded to adopt the resolution on pages 6 and 7 of Appendix I of these minutes approving the transfer of the Romanesque Portal to the University and further authorizing the Director of Museums to execute a transfer agreement governing the transfer of the Portal to the University. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the resolution on pages 6 and 7 of Appendix I of these minutes.

    5. Deaccessioning - Step 2

    A motion to approve second step deaccessioning was made and seconded for the two works of Oriental art listed on page 8 of Appendix I of these minutes. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve second step deaccessioning for the two works of Oriental art listed on page 8 of Appendix I of these minutes.

    6. Purchases Reported for the Record

    These objects are listed on pages 9 and 10 of Appendix I of these minutes.

    Chair Merriam noted that the May 24, 2002 Acquisitions Committee meeting included an important discussion of the Museums’ past and future commitment to modern, contemporary art.

    The following resolution was introduced:

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco does hereby approve the appended May 24, 2002 Report of the Acquisitions Committee of The Fine Arts Museums Foundation including the works of art acquired through purchase, donation, and bequest as gifts from The Fine Arts Museums Foundation; the transfer of the Romanesque Portal from the Fine Arts Museums to the University of San Francisco, and the works of art recommended for second step deaccessioning.

    A motion was made and seconded. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the above resolution as Board Resolution 1413.

 

C. Report on the People for a New de Young vs. the City and County of

    San Francisco, the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors

    San Francisco Planning Department, San Francisco Planning Commission,

    San Francisco Park and Recreation Department, San Francisco Park and

    Recreation Commission, Golden Gate Park Concourse Authority, Corporation

    of The Fine Arts Museums, a Corporation, Fine Arts Museums of

    San Francisco, and Does 1 through 20 (Case Number CPF-02-500598)

        On July 30, 2002, Judge A. James Robertson II is scheduled to hear the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) petition filed by the People for a New de Young (Case Number CPF-02-500598), which challenges the adequacy of the Environmental Impact Report for the New de Young Project. Judge Robertson has 90 days to render a decision after the hearing.

 

D. Report on Recent Developments Regarding the Plans to Build a New

    de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park

    President Wilsey advised that there were no new developments to report at this

time.

 

E. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Setting the Dates of the 2003 Board of Trustees Meetings

    President Wilsey presented the following resolution:

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco does hereby set the following dates, times and locations for its 2003

regular meetings:

Date Time Location

Thursday, January 23, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

Thursday, April 10, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

Thursday, June 12, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

Thursday, October 9, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

    A motion was made and seconded. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the above resolution as Board Resolution 1414.

IV.

Director’s Report - Harry S. Parker III

   
 

A. Consideration and Possible Action to Approve the Following Loan Request

    1. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Approving a Three Year Loan of the Guarnerius del Gesù Violin to the San Francisco Symphony

    At the last meeting on April 11, 2002, the possibility of a loan of the Guarnerius violin to the San Francisco Symphony to be played only by Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik was discussed, and a productive dialogue ensued, concerning the conditions under which a loan might be considered.

    Mr. Parker noted that the Guarnerius violin was bequeathed to the Fine Arts Museums by Jascha Heifetz "to be used by playing it on Special Occasions by Worthy Performers." The Museums have been committed to preserving the integrity of the violin, which has been played approximately eighteen times in the twelve years since it was received in 1989. In the opinions of some conservators of such instruments, the instrument improves with more frequent use, which has been a matter of concern for the Music Advisory Task Force. The Task Force, which oversees the Museums’ music program and the use of the Guarnerius violin, has also been interested for some time in developing a strong chamber music program at the Florence Gould Theater in the Legion of Honor. When the San Francisco Symphony approached the Museums regarding the possibility of a loan of the Guarnerius to the Symphony, the Symphony offered, in return, to organize a chamber music series of four to six performances a year in the Florence Gould Theater.

    The loan is proposed for a trial period of three years with the violin returning to the Museums for exhibition no fewer than eight consecutive weeks each summer. Since the last meeting, it has been determined that the violin, if loaned to the Symphony for a period of three years, would not travel on tour with the Symphony but would remain in the

San Francisco Bay Area to be played by Concertmaster Barantschik in Symphony performances at Davies Symphony Hall and the Flint Center in Cupertino. The Symphony will insure the Guarnerius at its full market value, and every thirty days, the violin would be inspected by Conservator Roland Feller. When the violin is not in use, the Symphony will store the violin in locked, climate controlled, secured locations approved by the Museums.

    In consultation with legal counsel, it was determined that a court order should be obtained to confirm that the loan would be in keeping with the terms of the bequest and to assist the Museums in reaching a final decision to loan the Guarnerius to the Symphony.

Mr. Parker reported that at the June 12, 2002 hearing Judge John Dearman, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, heard the Museums’ petition and ruled to allow the loan of the Guarnerius to the Symphony to occur. Court documents state that the proposed agreement appears to be prudent providing protection for the violin while allowing it to be enjoyed by the public in accordance with Mr. Heifetz’s wishes.

    Mr. Parker presented the following resolution:

    WHEREAS, In 1989, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco received a bequest from the Estate of Jascha Heifetz of an 18th Century violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù; and

    WHEREAS, Under the terms of Mr. Heifetz’s will, the violin was bequeathed to the Museums "to be used by playing it on Special Occasions by Worthy Performers;" and

    WHEREAS, After receiving the violin in 1989, the Museums placed the instrument on exhibit in a specially constructed display case in the entrance to the Florence Gould Theater at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor; and

    WHEREAS, The violin was played approximately eighteen times in the following twelve years; and

    WHEREAS, The Museums are committed to preserving the integrity of the violin, which in the opinions of some conservators of such instruments, improves with more frequent use; and

    WHEREAS, The Museums’ Music Advisory Task Force advises on the use of the violin and has been interested for some time in developing a strong chamber music series at the Legion of Honor; and

    WHEREAS, The San Francisco Symphony approached the Museums regarding the possibility of a loan of the violin to the Symphony to be played by Concertmaster Alexander Barantschik, and in return the Symphony would organize a chamber music series of at least four performances a year in the Gould Theater at the Legion of Honor; and

    WHEREAS, The Museums petitioned the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, to confirm that the loan is in keeping with the terms of the bequest and a hearing date of June 12, 2002 has been set; and

    WHEREAS, It has been determined that the violin, if loaned to the Symphony for a period of three years, would not travel but remain in the San Francisco Bay Area to be played by Concertmaster Barantschik in Symphony performances at Davies Symphony Hall and the Flint Center in Cupertino; now, therefore, be it

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco does hereby approve a three year loan of the violin to the Symphony to be played by Concertmaster Barantschik at performances in the San Francisco Bay Area contingent upon the ruling of Superior Court Judge John Dearman at or following the June 12, 2002 hearing; and, be it

    FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees authorizes the Director of Museums to execute a loan agreement with the Symphony.

    A motion was made and seconded to adopt the resolution approving the three-year loan of the Guarnerius violin to the San Francisco Symphony to be played only by Concertmaster Barantschik. There was no discussion among Trustees or members of the public. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the above resolution as Board Resolution 1415.

 

B. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Acknowledging Funding Expended by the Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums During the Period January 1 through March 31, 2002

    Mr. Parker advised that the City’s Sunshine Ordinance requires the Fine Arts Museums to disclose the amount and source of all gifts received. He presented the following resolution, which acknowledges funding expended by the Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums for the period January 1 through March 31, 2002:

    WHEREAS, The Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums is a 501(c)(3)

not-for-profit corporation that exists to support the activities of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and to serve as the developer of the New de Young Museum; now, therefore, be it

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco does hereby acknowledge with gratitude funding in the amount of $3,569,061 expended by the Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums for operations and $2,157,695 for the New de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park during the period January 1 through March 31, 2002.

    A motion was made and seconded to adopt the resolution. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the above resolution as Board Resolution 1416.

 

C. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution Acknowledging

    that No Bequests of Funds Were Received by the Fine Arts Museums of

    San Francisco During the Period January 1 through March 31, 2002

    In accordance with the City’s Sunshine Ordinance, bequests received by the Fine Arts Museums must also be disclosed. Mr. Parker introduced the following resolution acknowledging that no bequests of funds were received by the Museums for the period January 1 through March 31, 2002.

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco does hereby acknowledge that no bequests of funds were received during the period January 1 through March 31, 2002.

    A motion was made and seconded to adopt the resolution. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the above resolution as Board Resolution 1417.

 

D. Consideration and Possible Action to Adopt a Resolution to Transfer Funds in the Admission Fund for the Fiscal Year 2002-03

    Mr. Parker presented the following resolution:

    RESOLVED, That the Board of Trustees of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco does hereby authorize the Controller of the City and County of

San Francisco to transfer monthly excess revenue over monthly admission operating expenses in the Admission Fund (2S CRF RPD) Index Code 615001 to Project PFAADM, Index Code 615001 on a monthly basis for the fiscal year 2002-2003; and, be it

    FURTHER RESOLVED, That the funds in project PFAADM are to be used to reimburse the Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums for expenses incurred on behalf of the Museums.

    A motion was made and seconded to adopt the resolution. There was no discussion among Trustees. There was no public testimony. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to adopt the above resolution as Board Resolution 1418.

 

E. Update on the City Budget

    President Wilsey, Mr. Parker, and Steve Dykes, Deputy Director for Administration and Finance, are scheduled to appear before the Budget Committee of the Board of Supervisors on June 20th to present the Museums’ Fiscal Year 2002-03 City Budget. The general economic slowdown and the decrease in tourism following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks brought about a decline in Hotel Tax proceeds, resulting in a mid-year budget cut. The hotel occupancy rate in San Francisco is averaging 68%, dropping

San Francisco to twelfth in the country as a tourist destination. The Museums will be exclusively Hotel Tax funded in Fiscal Year 2002-03. In past years, a combination of General and Hotel Tax funds supported the Museums, when the old de Young Museum was open to the public.

    At the request of Mr. Parker, Mr. Dykes reported that the current 2001-02 Fiscal Year City Budget is down 17 positions, mostly due to transfers of guards to the Asian Art Museum, and will decrease by another 12 positions in the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2002-03 by deleting vacancies and attrition. Mr. Dykes emphasized that any further reductions in the guard force will not be feasible without compromising the security of the Museums’ sites.

 

F. Current and Future Exhibits

    At the request of Mr. Parker, Renée Dreyfus, Curator of Ancient Art, discussed the exhibition, Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum, which opens at the Legion of Honor on August 10th and runs through November 11, 2002.

Eternal Egypt is the first major exhibition in this country to be drawn solely from The British Museum’s outstanding collection of Egyptian antiquities. The one hundred and forty-four objects in the exhibition provide an overview of the richness and scope of pharaonic history, from shortly before the First Dynasty, about 3100 B.C., to the Roman occupation of the fourth century A.D. The works, among the finest examples of their kind, are arranged chronologically to illustrate the development and achievements of ancient Egyptian art over its long duration of thirty-five centuries. Featured objects are the personal possessions of famous pharaohs, famous examples of funerary art, and monumental sculpture. Mondays will be reserved for school groups.

    Mr. Parker noted that Eternal Egypt is expected to attract large audiences and that a supplement of $6 will be charged in addition to the $8 admission fee. This fee is necessary in order to recover the costs of mounting the exhibition.

 

G. Personnel Report

    Mr. Parker emphasized the critical importance of the exhibition program to the economic well-being of the institution and to communicate the Museums’ artistic message to the community. He introduced Kathe Hodgson, Director of Exhibitions Planning since 1993, who announced her retirement at the end of this month. Ms. Hodgson has been an invaluable Staff member, coordinating forty-five major exhibitions and approximately seventy-two internal shows in the past ten years. The Board of Trustees acknowledged Ms. Hodgson’s efforts on behalf of the Fine Arts Museums with a heartfelt round of applause.

    Krista Davis will assume the position of Director of Exhibitions Planning on July 1st. Ms. Davis most recently curated the Toulouse Lautrec and the Spirit of Montmartre: Cabarets, Humor, and the Avant-Garde, 1875-1905, and Dreaming with Open Eyes: Dada and Surrealist Art from the Vera, Silvia and Arturo Schwarz Collection in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem exhibitions. Mr. Parker also introduced Karin Breuer, who assumes an expanded role on July 1st as Curator of Contemporary Graphic Art and Curatorial Planning for the New de Young Project. The Board of Trustees expressed congratulations to both Ms. Davis and Ms. Breuer with a round of applause.

V.

Public Comment

    Members of the public may address the Board of Trustees on items not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Fine Arts Museums of

San Francisco. Speakers may address the Board for up to three minutes; the President or the Board of Trustees may limit the total comment to thirty minutes. There was no public comment.

VI.

Meeting Schedule, Future Events and Current and Future Exhibits

A. Executive Committee Meetings

    Date Time Location

    September 12, 2002 noon 6th Floor, 233 Post Street

    November 14, 2002 noon 6th Floor, 233 Post Street

    December 12, 2002 noon 6th Floor, 233 Post Street

B. Board of Trustees Meetings - 2002

      Date Time Location

    October 10, 2002 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

    C. Board of Trustees Meetings - 2003

    Date Time Location

    January 23, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

    April 10, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

    June 12, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

    October 9, 2003 3 p.m. Board Room, Legion of Honor

D. Future Events

    Date Event

    June 13, 2002 Opening of Michael Sweerts, 1618 - 1664:

      Flemish Master of the Sacred and Profane

    August 8, 2002 Opening of Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from The British Museum

    September 9, 2002 Education Council Event

              September 25-27, 2002 National Council Meeting

    October 19-27, 2002 Museum Associates Trip to Italy

    December 6, 2002 Opening of Casting a Spell: Winslow Homer,

        Artist and Angler

    December 11, 2002 An Elegant Evening in the Court of Honor

    E. Current and Future Exhibitions (*Exhibitions organized by FAMSF)

    Title Date Gallery

    Masterworks of New Guinea Art: 02/02/02-06/30/02 Legion 6

    Selections from The Marcia

    and John Friede Collection*

    Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary 03/09/02-06/23/02 Legion 1

    Works on Paper, Part II: Everywhere

but California*

    Logan Book Gallery 05/25/02-09/15/02 Legion L

    Michael Sweerts: Flemish Master 06/1502-08/25/02 Legion 6

    of the Sacred and Profane*

    Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient 08/10/02-11/11/02 Legion A-F,

    Art from The British Museum Rosekrans 10

    Philip Guston’s Poor Richard* 10/12/02-01/26/03 Legion 1

    Fan and Costume Rotation* 10/26/02-ongoing Legion 9 a/c

    Casting a Spell: Winslow Homer, Artist 12/07/02-02/09/03 Legion B-F,

    and Angler* Rosekrans

Hard Edge: Abstract Prints from Albers 12/12/02-04/06/03 Legion A

    to Held*

    Big Prints* 01/25/03-05/25/03 Legion 1

    Leonardo da Vinci and The Splendor of 03/08/03-05/18/03 Legion B-F,

    Poland Rosekrans

    Bouquets to Art 03/11/03-03/14/03 Legion All

    Black and White Prints from the 1970s* 04/13/03-07/27/03 Legion A

New Barbarians: Primitive Sources of 06/28/03-09/14/03 Legion B-F,

    of the Russian Avant Garde

    Illuminated Manuscripts 06/00/03-09/00/03 Legion 1

VII.

Adjournment in Memory of Honorary Trustee Mrs. Paul L. Wattis - Diane B. Wilsey, President

    There being no further business, President Wilsey adjourned the meeting at

3:54 p.m. in memory of Honorary Trustee Mrs. Paul L. Wattis, a great benefactor and friend of the Fine Arts Museums and the City of San Francisco, who passed away on June 5, 2002.

        Respectfully submitted,

        Judy Gough

        Executive Secretary

Note: These minutes set forth all actions taken up by the Board of Trustees on matters stated, but not necessarily in the order in which the matters were considered.

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1 Two additional works of art, Tokyo Mural, 1957, by Sam Francis, and The Ellsworth Kelly Print Archive were recommended for purchase subject to the identification of funding sources, which after consultation with the President are deemed to be non-competitive with completing the fund-raising for the New de Young Museum, the highest institutional priority of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Corporation of The Fine Arts Museums, and The Fine Arts Museums Foundation. Following the meeting, Tokyo Mural was purchased by a private collector.