The Margaret Mallory Bequest
Description
The Margaret Mallory Bequest comprises two distinct areas of the AD&A Museum holdings. In 1961, Margaret Mallory donated a group of twentieth century and Old Master prints to the museum. In 1964, Mallory made another donation of over 300 African objects to the museum. Thirty-five years later, and one year after Mallory’s death in 1998, the Margaret Mallory Bequest brought additional works on paper from the twentieth century to AD&A Museum. Together with the Ruth S. Schaffner Collection, the Mallory Bequest added to AD&A Museum’s strong collection of contemporary works on paper. Besides her passionate art collecting, Mallory was a filmmaker and founded Falcon Films in 1947 (together with former Santa Barbara Museum of Art director Ala Story) to produce documentary films on art and artists. Mallory was an early supporter of AD&A Museum, active in the tasks of fundraising, acquisitions and public relations which established the AD&A Museum as a vibrant teaching museum.
Collection Items
AFRICAN, Belgian Congo, Kuba Peoples
Peoples of the Congo
Fiber, wood, metal, glass beads cowry shells and leopard skin
CHAGALL, Marc
Galerie Maeght, Paris, Chagall
ADAMS, Kenneth M.
Portrait of an Old Woman
BRODERSON, Morris
Interior with Figures
BURKHARDT, Hans
The Dance
GROSS, Chaim
50th. Wedding Celebration
HILKER, Reinhard
Portrait of Christian Roulfs
LIEBERMAN, Max
Self-Portrait
PEARSH, Kevin
Pichola Lake
WUDL, Tom
Portrait of Shinzen Young
PORTUGUESE
Wall Case
BREASON, Theodore
Portrait of A Man's Head
AFRICAN, KASAI PROVINCE, BELGIAN CONGO
Tobacco Cup
