MS 1998-02 Eugene Savage prints of Hawaiian murals
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1998-02
name: label: Creator
content: Savage, Eugene F., 1883-1978
label: Names
content: Matson Navigation Company
place: label: Place
content: Hawaii
label: Place
content: Oceania
creator: label: Creator
content: Savage, Eugene F., 1883-1978
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Eugene Francis  Savage (1883-1978) was an American painter and sculptor best known for his murals.  In 1938, he was commissioned by Maston Lines, now the Matson Navigation Company, to paint Hawaiian-themed murals for their cruise ships.  Matson Lines operated luxury cruises between California and Hawaii from the early 20th century through the 1970s.  Savage completed the murals in 1940, but they were never installed because the ships had been converted to troopships for World War II. The mural designs were issued as lithographs and were later adapted to be used as covers for dinner menus on the cruise ships.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Lithographs (color, 14 x 21 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940
container: label: Container
content: Folder 1998-02
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The collection was donated to the National Anthropological Archives by Adrienne Kaeppler in 1998.  Kaeppler received the prints from Robert Elder, formerly of Collections Management, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1998-02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Lithographs
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of six (6) color lithographic prints of Eugene Savage murals.  The prints were distributed by the Matson Lines and each is printed with a title and description on the back.  The prints include:  A God Appears; Island Feast; Pomp and Circumstance; Hawaii's Decisive Hour; Aloha...Universal Word; and Festival of the Sea.


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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Honolulu Museum of Art holds Savage's original murals.