SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.- The exhibition Art Deco 1910-1939 has just opened at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, on view until July 4, 2004. The show features Art Deco objects and artworks , from Cartier jewelry to paintings by Tamara de Lempicka, Sonia Delaunay and Joseph Stella. Glamorous, exotic, and vibrant, Art Deco is widely considered the most popular style of the 20th century. This landmark exhibition at the Legion of Honor, more than three years in the making, is the grandest celebration of the style ever staged. This is the first exhibition to explore Art Deco as a global phenomenon. Its influence reached cities as far apart as Paris, New York, San Francisco, Bombay and Shanghai. The style transformed the look of everything, from art, architecture, and auto design to fashion, Hollywood films, and travel.

Art Deco, 1910-1939 presents over 300 works in painting, sculpture, architecture, furniture, textiles, glass, metal, jewelry, graphic art, product, industrial design, fashion, film and photography. Featured is Cartier jewelry; Tiffany silver; Lalique glass; sculpture by Leger and Brancusi; fashion by Chanel, Lanvin and Schiaperelli; and paintings by Tamara de Lempicka, Sonia Delaunay, and Joseph Stella. Art Deco 1910-1939 dazzles with early-20th century design vocabulary that has become synonymous with ’sleek,’ ’modern,’ and ’sexy.’

This show was organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and travels to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.