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		<title>A $4.9M midcentury fashionable masterpiece in Marin flies off the market</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2023 02:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A 3,974-square-foot home in the town of Kentfield, Marin County, California caused quite a stir when it first came on the market. A reason? The four bedroom, 3.5 bath home is almost unchanged, virtually unchanged since it was designed by the architect John Marsh Davis in 1965. Original appliances, plumbing, tall bookshelves, bench seats and &#8230;</p>
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<p>A 3,974-square-foot home in the town of Kentfield, Marin County, California caused quite a stir when it first came on the market.</p>
<p>A reason?  The four bedroom, 3.5 bath home is almost unchanged, virtually unchanged since it was designed by the architect <strong>John Marsh Davis</strong> in 1965. Original appliances, <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://dailysanfranciscobaynews.com/bay-spaces-150-yr-outdated-water-pipe-drawback-nbc-bay-space/"   title="plumbing" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">plumbing</a>, tall bookshelves, bench seats and fir floors have not been replaced.</p>
<p>The home is listed for $4,995,000.</p>
<p>The same family has owned the home since they commissioned it from Davis.  His other projects include other homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and wineries in the Napa Valley, such as Joseph Phelps Vineyards and Rutherford Hill Winery.</p>
<p>&#8220;It defines Zen life,&#8221; he says <strong>Elizabeth Freeman</strong> with Boulevard Real Estate.  &#8220;It&#8217;s full of natural elements, it has loads of natural light, it&#8217;s surrounded by forest and [there’s] an iconic view of Mount Tamalpais.”</p>
<p>Seventeen days after the market launch, the house was under contract.  The attractive property is currently for sale.</p>
<p>&#8220;The only changes that were made were repainting the upstairs and laying new carpet,&#8221; says Freeman.  “Otherwise the house remains in its original condition.  Everyone who was interested in the house wanted it for the house.  They didn&#8217;t consider it a demolition, although that does happen in our community.”</p>
<p>Potential buyers were delighted with the open floor plan and the two 14 foot tall sliding glass doors that connect the living room to the gardens and patio.</p>
<p>                Living Room (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804660 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/9aca39db25fa4ea5ab7fbc65249375f6w-c244736255srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Kitchen (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804659 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/0c9c559941a147740a3a3dd5cb10a656w-c3507467981srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Breakfast Area (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804662 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/fe217001c8e2518cf599c6e7ea3d24b3w-c418582486srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Deck (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804658 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/11c46c2d740c6439973d0e5686d10feew-c3505510583srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>One of the Bedrooms (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804657 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/8df845ecef13f0dcc8a7d4e6055919c4w-c2377704502srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>One of the Baths (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804663 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/72031619489b308dec46acabb16eaf8aw-c863725325srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Staircase (Brian McCloud)</p>
<p>&#8220;The owner who buys it likes it the way it is,&#8221; Freeman says, while still acknowledging that &#8220;it&#8217;s a work of art that needs a major update.&#8221;</p>
<p>Expected improvements include new decking (sun and humidity have taken their toll over the years) and air conditioning, which the house currently lacks.</p>
<p>The offer also includes a 19,000 square meter plot ideal for a pool or guest house.</p>
<p>&#8220;It feels like a nature reserve,&#8221; says Freeman.</p>
<p><strong>Thomas Church</strong> designed the gardens of the estate.  The famed landscape architect&#8217;s 4,000 projects included master plans for UC-Berkeley and Stanford University, as well as the <strong>Frank Lloyd Wright</strong>-designed Mrs. Clinton Walker House in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, which sold over the counter for $22 million in February, according to the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>Kentfield is 20 miles north of San Francisco.  There are currently only 15 listings in the region with an average price of $2.7 million on Realtor.com®.</p>
<p>“The local market is pretty hot, especially at the lower end,” Freeman says.  “Most of our houses don&#8217;t last long.  We have the constant stock and things sell pretty fast.”</p>
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		<title>A $4.9M Midcentury Trendy Masterpiece in Marin County, CA, Flies Off the Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 06:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A 3,974-square-foot home in the town of Kentfield, Marin County, California caused quite a stir when it first came on the market. A reason? The four bedroom, 3.5 bath home is almost unchanged, virtually unchanged since it was designed by the architect John Marsh Davis in 1965. Original appliances, plumbing, tall bookshelves, bench seats and &#8230;</p>
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<p>A 3,974-square-foot home in the town of Kentfield, Marin County, California caused quite a stir when it first came on the market.</p>
<p>A reason?  The four bedroom, 3.5 bath home is almost unchanged, virtually unchanged since it was designed by the architect <strong>John Marsh Davis</strong> in 1965. Original appliances, <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://dailysanfranciscobaynews.com/bay-spaces-150-yr-outdated-water-pipe-drawback-nbc-bay-space/"   title="plumbing" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">plumbing</a>, tall bookshelves, bench seats and fir floors have not been replaced.</p>
<p>The home is listed for $4,995,000.</p>
<p>The same family has owned the home since they commissioned it from Davis.  His other projects include other homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and wineries in the Napa Valley, such as Joseph Phelps Vineyards and Rutherford Hill Winery.</p>
<p>&#8220;It defines Zen life,&#8221; he says <strong>Elizabeth Freeman</strong> with Boulevard Real Estate.  &#8220;It&#8217;s full of natural elements, it has loads of natural light, it&#8217;s surrounded by forest and [there’s] an iconic view of Mount Tamalpais.”</p>
<p>Seventeen days after the market launch, the house was under contract.  The attractive property is currently for sale.</p>
<p>&#8220;The only changes that were made were repainting the upstairs and laying new carpet,&#8221; says Freeman.  “Otherwise the house remains in its original condition.  Everyone who was interested in the house wanted it for the house.  They didn&#8217;t consider it a demolition, although that does happen in our community.”</p>
<p>Potential buyers were delighted with the open floor plan and the two 14 foot tall sliding glass doors that connect the living room to the gardens and patio.</p>
<p>                Living Room (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804660 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/9aca39db25fa4ea5ab7fbc65249375f6w-c244736255srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Kitchen (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804659 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/0c9c559941a147740a3a3dd5cb10a656w-c3507467981srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Breakfast Area (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804662 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/fe217001c8e2518cf599c6e7ea3d24b3w-c418582486srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Deck (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804658 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/11c46c2d740c6439973d0e5686d10feew-c3505510583srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>One of the Bedrooms (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804657 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/8df845ecef13f0dcc8a7d4e6055919c4w-c2377704502srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>One of the Baths (Brian McCloud)<br />
                <img width="100%" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-804663 size-full" src="https://na.rdcpix.com/72031619489b308dec46acabb16eaf8aw-c863725325srd_q80.jpg" alt=""/>Staircase (Brian McCloud)</p>
<p>&#8220;The owner who buys it likes it the way it is,&#8221; Freeman says, while still acknowledging that &#8220;it&#8217;s a work of art that needs a major update.&#8221;</p>
<p>Expected improvements include new decking (sun and humidity have taken their toll over the years) and air conditioning, which the house currently lacks.</p>
<p>The offer also includes a 19,000 square meter plot ideal for a pool or guest house.</p>
<p>&#8220;It feels like a nature reserve,&#8221; says Freeman.</p>
<p><strong>Thomas Church</strong> designed the gardens of the estate.  The famed landscape architect&#8217;s 4,000 projects included master plans for UC-Berkeley and Stanford University, as well as the <strong>Frank Lloyd Wright</strong>-designed Mrs. Clinton Walker House in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, which sold over the counter for $22 million in February, according to the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>Kentfield is 20 miles north of San Francisco.  There are currently only 15 listings in the region with an average price of $2.7 million on Realtor.com®.</p>
<p>&#8220;The local market is pretty hot, especially at the lower end,&#8221; says Freeman.  “Most of our houses don&#8217;t last long.  We have the constant stock and things sell pretty fast.”</p>
<p>The post “$4.9M Mid-Century Modern Masterpiece in Marin County, California Goes Off the Market” appeared first on Real Estate News &#038; Insights |  realtor.com®.</p>
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		<title>A $4.9M Midcentury Fashionable Masterpiece in Marin County, CA, Flies Off the Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 07:46:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Marin County $4.9 million single-owner mid-century modern Marvel disappears from market A 3,974-square-foot home in the town of Kentfield, Marin County, California caused quite a stir when it was first put on the market. A reason? The four bedroom, 3.5 bath home is almost unchanged, virtually unchanged since it was designed by the architect John &#8230;</p>
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<p>      Marin County $4.9 million single-owner mid-century modern Marvel disappears from market     </p>
<p>A 3,974-square-foot home in the town of Kentfield, Marin County, California caused quite a stir when it was first put on the market.</p>
<p>A reason?  The four bedroom, 3.5 bath home is almost unchanged, virtually unchanged since it was designed by the architect <strong>John Marsh Davis</strong> in 1965. Original appliances, <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://dailysanfranciscobaynews.com/bay-spaces-150-yr-outdated-water-pipe-drawback-nbc-bay-space/"   title="plumbing" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked">plumbing</a>, tall bookshelves, bench seats and fir floors have not been replaced.</p>
<p>The home is listed for $4,995,000.</p>
<p>The same family has owned the home since they commissioned it from Davis.  His other projects include other homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and wineries in the Napa Valley, such as Joseph Phelps Vineyards and Rutherford Hill Winery.</p>
<p>&#8220;It defines Zen life,&#8221; he says <strong>Elizabeth Freeman</strong> with Boulevard Real Estate.  &#8220;It&#8217;s full of natural elements, it has loads of natural light, it&#8217;s surrounded by forest and [there’s] an iconic view of Mount Tamalpais.”</p>
<p>Seventeen days after the market launch, the house was under contract.  The attractive property is currently for sale.</p>
<p>&#8220;The only changes that were made were repainting the upstairs and laying new carpet,&#8221; says Freeman.  “Otherwise the house remains in its original condition.  Everyone who was interested in the house wanted it for the house.  They didn&#8217;t consider it a demolition, although that does happen in our community.”</p>
<p>Potential buyers were delighted with the open floor plan and the two 14 foot tall sliding glass doors that connect the living room to the gardens and patio.</p>
<p> Living room (Brian McCloud) Kitchen (Brian McCloud) Breakfast area (Brian McCloud) Terrace (Brian McCloud) One of the bedrooms (Brian McCloud) One of the bathrooms (Brian McCloud) Staircase (Brian McCloud) </p>
<p>&#8220;The owner who buys it likes it the way it is,&#8221; Freeman says, while still acknowledging that &#8220;it&#8217;s a work of art that needs a major update.&#8221;</p>
<p>Expected improvements include new decking (sun and humidity have taken their toll over the years) and air conditioning, which the house currently lacks.</p>
<p>The offer also includes a 19,000 square meter plot ideal for a pool or guest house.</p>
<p>&#8220;It feels like a nature reserve,&#8221; says Freeman.</p>
<p><strong>Thomas Church</strong> designed the gardens of the estate.  The famed landscape architect&#8217;s 4,000 projects included master plans for UC-Berkeley and Stanford University, as well as the <strong>Frank Lloyd Wright</strong>-designed Mrs. Clinton Walker House in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, which sold over the counter for $22 million in February, according to the Wall Street Journal.</p>
<p>Kentfield is 20 miles north of San Francisco.  There are currently only 15 listings in the region with an average price of $2.7 million on Realtor.com®.</p>
<p>&#8220;The local market is pretty hot, especially at the low end,&#8221; says Freeman.  “Most of our houses don&#8217;t last long.  We have the constant stock and things sell pretty fast.”</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://dailysanfranciscobaynews.com/a-4-9m-midcentury-fashionable-masterpiece-in-marin-county-ca-flies-off-the-market/">A $4.9M Midcentury Fashionable Masterpiece in Marin County, CA, Flies Off the Market</a> appeared first on <a href="https://dailysanfranciscobaynews.com">DAILY SAN FRANCISCO BAY NEWS</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Die Phalanx der Arbeiter ist nervös, als sie vor dem 4.000-Pfund-Panel steht. Sie beäugen es nervös unter ihren Helmen, und ihre Beklommenheit ist verständlich. Dies ist das letzte von 10 Stücken von Diego Riveras kolossalem Fresko, Pan American Unity, dem wohl größten Kunstwerk San Franciscos des 20. Jahrhunderts. Der Einsatz wird noch erhöht durch die &#8230;</p>
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<p>Die Phalanx der Arbeiter ist nervös, als sie vor dem 4.000-Pfund-Panel steht.  Sie beäugen es nervös unter ihren Helmen, und ihre Beklommenheit ist verständlich.  Dies ist das letzte von 10 Stücken von Diego Riveras kolossalem Fresko, Pan American Unity, dem wohl größten Kunstwerk San Franciscos des 20. Jahrhunderts.</p>
<p>Der Einsatz wird noch erhöht durch die Tatsache, dass dieses Stück sicherlich das zerbrechlichste des Sets ist, das die Arbeiter monatelang von der 9 Meter hohen Mauer des City College of San Francisco – wo es seit 1961 steht – nach SFMOMA.  Das unbezahlbare Wandbild aus dem Jahr 1940 zu bewegen war ein aufwendiges Manöver, bei dem Vibrationsmonitore, Präzisionsschneidwerkzeuge, Seile und komplizierte Takelage mit einem dreistöckigen Kran verbunden waren.  Sollte dieses Stück aufgrund eines anderen Stressfaktors fallen oder spalten, würde der Verlust in der Kunstwelt und darüber hinaus nachhallen.</p>
<p>„Ruhe bitte“, sagt der leitende Rigger Esteban Granados zu den Beobachtern, die sich am 17. Juni versammelt haben, um diesen Moment mitzuerleben. Er muss sich auf die Kommunikation mit dem Kranführer konzentrieren.  Minuten später, als die Arbeiter beginnen, die Platte von ihren Verankerungen zu heben und sie langsam auf den Boden abzusenken, spricht Granados die vier Worte, auf die die Projektorganisatoren gewartet haben.</p>
<p>„Sieht gut aus“, sagt Granados.  &#8220;Das ist schön.&#8221;</p>
<h2 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Nach einer langen erwarteten Zeit</strong></h2>
<p>&#8220;Schön.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Atemberaubend.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Phänomenal.&#8221;</p>
<p>Das sind Worte, die die Leute verwendet haben, um das Wandgemälde selbst zu beschreiben, aber die Superlative können auch auf die Entfernung des Wandgemäldes aus dem treffend benannten Diego Rivera Theatre des CCSF angewendet werden.  Es dauerte Jahre der Planung und Monate des Tests an einer doppelten Wand und zwei doppelten Paneelen, die von Ingenieuren entwickelt und Stürzen und anderen extremen Bedingungen ausgesetzt wurden, aber Pan American Unity ist endlich am Ende seiner langen Reise zum SFMOMA, wo es sein wird leben für die nächsten zwei Jahre, bevor es 2023 in einem neuen Raum an das City College zurückkehrt.</p>
<p>„Wir haben versucht, alles zu reproduzieren, was hier passieren würde“, sagt Miguel Michel, der technische Projektleiter des Umzugs, während er mit anderen Arbeitern zusammensteht, die den Umzug der endgültigen Platte beaufsichtigen.  „Zum Beispiel ist es viel besser, das Panel von unten zu halten als von oben.  Wir haben versucht, ihn von zwei Punkten oben zu halten, und es entstand ein neuer Riss.“ </p>
<p>Theoretisch war Pan American Unity immer so konzipiert, dass es beweglich ist.  Im Jahr 1940 malte Rivera seine aufwendigen Szenen auf 10 stahlgerahmte Zementplatten, die zusammen mehr als 30 Tonnen wogen, aber – bei richtiger Planung – auseinandergenommen, transportiert und dann nach Riveras Vorstellung wieder zusammengebaut werden konnten.  Die Realität sah ganz anders aus.  Nachdem Pan American Unity auf Treasure Island für die sogenannte Golden Gate International Exposition debütierte, war es für eine City College-Bibliothek vorgesehen, die vom berühmten San Francisco-Architekten Timothy Pflueger entworfen wurde, der die Treasure Island-Ausstellung mitorganisierte und Riveras Schirmherr war.  Doch der Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Jahr 1941 unterbrach Pfluegers Pläne und stellte schließlich den Bau der Bibliothek ein.  Und als Pflueger 1946 starb, blieb Pan American Unity im City College eingelagert – bis 1961, als die Paneele seltsamerweise an einer Innenwand befestigt wurden, die zum Diego Rivera Theatre wurde.</p>
<p>Wie seltsam? </p>
<p>Als die Projektmitarbeiter begannen, die Mauer ernsthaft zu untersuchen, fanden sie große Herausforderungen bei allem, vom ursprünglichen Mörtel von 1961, mit dem die Arbeiter Räume innerhalb der Mauer füllten, bis hin zum völligen Fehlen von „As-Builts“ – was bedeutet, dass es keine detaillierten Pläne gab wie Arbeiter die Freskentafeln an der CCSF-Wand montiert und befestigt hatten.  Architektonisch ist das Fehlen eines Bestandes ein großer Verstoß.  Die Projektmitarbeiter mussten noch mehr Zeit damit verbringen, die Außenwand des Wandbilds zu untersuchen, um zum inneren Wandbild zu gelangen, und noch mehr Zeit, um herauszufinden, wie die 10 Paneele von ihrer 12 Zoll dicken Gips- und Betonrückseite entfernt werden können.  Zu viel Druck an irgendeinem Punkt auf dem Weg – sei es beim Bohren von Löchern in der Außenwand oder beim Anbringen von Kabeln, die die Paneele wegheben würden – könnte das Wandbild beschädigen, das in der Praxis wahrscheinlich einen Wert von mehr als 100 Millionen US-Dollar hat. </p>
<p>„Es hätte niemals so hineingestellt werden dürfen – als tragbares Wandbild, das dauerhaft angebracht war”, sagt Bryan Cain, General Manager von Atthowe Fine Art Services, der das Wandbild zusammen mit den Mitarbeitern des Unternehmens bewegte.  „Das ist der größte, gut gemeinte Fehler, den ich je gesehen habe.  … Es ist wie ein Trommelfell aus einer sehr zerbrechlichen, spröden Substanz, die nicht knacken soll, sondern dauerhaft in einer Betonwand steckt.  Was könnte schiefgehen?&#8221; </p>
<p>In dem Monat, in dem alle Paneele entfernt wurden, ging nichts schief, aber drei Tage nachdem das Projektteam das letzte Paneel bei CCSF entfernt hatte, stand ein weiterer letzter Schritt bevor: Der langsame Transport der Paneele über die Straßen von San Francisco nach SFMOMA, wo ein weiterer Gigant Kran holte es von einem Lastwagen in der Howard Street und hob es – mit Hilfe von Arbeitern vor Ort – über städtische Stromleitungen und in die Roberts Family Gallery im Erdgeschoss des Museums.</p>
<p>Dort wird Pan American Unity am 28. Juni in seiner neuen Form der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt. Der Besuch der Galerie im Erdgeschoss ist kostenlos, so dass Pan American Unity – 81 Jahre nach Riveras Fertigstellung – Besucher in einem lichtdurchfluteten . begrüßen wird , ein kunstspezifischer Ort, der die besten Qualitäten des Wandbilds hervorhebt, die voluminös sind.</p>
<h2 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Breite Striche </strong></h2>
<p>Nehmen Sie zum Beispiel das Thema.  Der offizielle Titel des Wandgemäldes auf Englisch lautet The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and the South on this Continent.  (Auf Spanisch ist es Unión de la Expresión Artística del Norte y Sur de este Continente.) Rivera gab sich die Lizenz, jede historische oder damals moderne Facette Amerikas zu repräsentieren, sei es die Praktiken der Maya und der Azteken, US-Präsidenten wie Abraham Lincoln oder das architektonische Schaffen von Pflueger (dessen 140 New Montgomery Gebäude gleich um die Ecke vom SFMOMA liegt).</p>
<p>Rivera hat sich selbst in das Wandbild eingefügt – natürlich zusammen mit Frida Kahlo und einem Who-is-Who anderer Leute, die er kannte oder persönlich kannte.  Er fügte auch ominöse Figuren und Szenen aus einer Welt am Rande des Krieges hinzu, wie das Bild eines Joseph Stalin mit weißer Kapuze, der eine blutige Sichel hält, das sich auf die damals kürzlich erfolgte Ermordung von Riveras Freund Leo Trotzki in Mexiko bezieht.</p>
<p>Zu seinen Lebzeiten als Mexikos bedeutendster Wandmaler gefeiert, schuf Rivera Panoramaszenen, die – wie Michelangelos Sixtinische Kapelle – Schichten von Ereignissen und Menschen zu einer einzigen, epischen Vision zusammenführten.  Riveras Wandmalereien hoben häufig Alltagsarbeiter, indigene Völker und die Fähigkeit kommunistischer oder sozialistischer Ideale hervor, Gesellschaften zu revolutionieren.  Das ist es, was Rivera in Pan American Unity einbrachte, das ähnliche Themen mit Symbolen des technischen und architektonischen Fortschritts der Vereinigten Staaten von vor 1940 integriert, wie bei der zentralen Figur des Wandgemäldes, die die aztekische Göttin Coatlicue mit einer Stanzmaschine der Ford Motor Company kombiniert. </p>
<p>Als Rivera an dem Wandgemälde auf Treasure Island arbeitete, sah er Pan American Unity als eine Arbeit, die Epochen und Menschen wirklich überbrückt, so das von der CCSF unterstützte Diego Rivera Mural Project.  „Es geht um die Vermählung des künstlerischen Ausdrucks des Nordens und des Südens auf diesem Kontinent, das ist alles“, schrieb Rivera angeblich.  „Ich glaube, um eine amerikanische Kunst zu machen, eine echte amerikanische Kunst, wird dies notwendig sein, diese Vermischung der Kunst des Inders, des Mexikaners, der Eskimo, mit dem Drang, der die Maschine macht, die Erfindung im materielle Seite des Lebens, die auch ein künstlerischer Drang ist, der gleiche Drang primär, aber in einer anderen Ausdrucksform.“</p>
<p>Wie Michel, der ein 25-jähriger Student am Mechanical Design and Technological Innovation Center der National Autonomous University of Mexico ist, kommen wichtige Mitglieder des Ingenieurteams des Projekts, das das Wandbild von CCSF nach SFMOMA verlegt hat, aus Mexiko, und sie sagen, dass sie eine zutiefst persönliche Verbindung zu den Themen des Wandbilds haben – und wie wichtig es ist, dem Wandbild mehr Aufmerksamkeit zu schenken.  </p>
<p>„Es war sehr emotional, das Wandbild zu sehen“, sagt Alejandro Ramirez, Leiter des Ingenieurteams des Projekts (und Michels Professor an der National Autonomous University of Mexico), als er sich an seinen ersten Eindruck von 2018 erinnert und gebeten wurde, an den Wandgemälden teilzunehmen ziehen um.  „Meine Mutter ist Amerikanerin und mein Vater Mexikaner, und als ich mir dieses Wandgemälde ansah, war es so, wie es mir beigebracht wurde.  Ich sagte, wir würden alles tun, um bei diesem Projekt zu helfen.“</p>
<h2 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Riveras Amerika</strong></h2>
<p>Rivera starb 1957, aber die Themen, die er in Pan American Unity eingebettet hat, sind in einer Zeit, in der Politiker in ganz Amerika über die Einwanderungspolitik in die Vereinigten Staaten, die wirtschaftlichen Interdependenzen zwischen den Ländern und die Verschuldung, die jede Generation nicht nur diesen schuldet, debattieren, neu relevant die vorher kamen, sondern denen, die folgen werden.  Ein Wandgemälde wie Pan American Unity zu sehen bedeutet, die Vergangenheit zu sehen, aber auch den untrennbaren Fortschritt, den Kulturen machen.  Und das Wandbild selbst – seine bunten Pigmente und seine Materialität – erinnert daran, dass die beste Kunst immer Pflege braucht.  Im Juli werden die Besucher des SFMOMA Restauratoren dabei sehen, wie sie Pan American Unity ausbessern und kleinere Anpassungen vornehmen, so wie Besucher von Treasure Island im Jahr 1940 zusehen konnten, wie Rivera sein riesiges Wandgemälde anfertigte.  (Nächstes Jahr eröffnet SFMOMA eine neue große Ausstellung mit dem Titel „Diego Riveras Amerika“.) </p>
<p>Das Debüt des Freskos am 28. Juni im SFMOMA wird eine wichtige neue Ära für das Werk einläuten, sagt William Maynez, ein langjähriger Historiker der Panamerikanischen Einheit und ein prominentes Mitglied des Diego Rivera Mural Projects, der 2010 eine Studie über Bewegung initiierte das Wandbild von CCSF.</p>
<p>Maynez steht am 20. Juni in der Roberts Family Gallery, während Arbeiter die letzte Tafel an der Wand installieren, und beobachtet, dass Pan American Unity kurz vor einer öffentlichen Wiedergeburt steht.  Er sagt, dass die SFMOMA-Verlagerung des Freskos eine „Coming-out-Party“ ist, die die Arbeit vor mehr Leuten bringt. „Es wird endlich die Aufmerksamkeit bekommen, die es verdient“, sagt er.</p>
<p>Bei SFMOMA stabilisiert und arretiert ein spezielles Stahlträgersystem die 10 Paneele.  Wenn Pan American Unity 2023 nach CCSF zurückkehrt, in ein neues Zentrum für darstellende Künste, wird das Wandbild ein ähnliches Unterstützungssystem und einen viel besseren Sichtbereich für Besucher haben, den das aktuelle Diego Rivera Theatre nicht hat.  Das Wandbild wird nie wieder in eine Wand gebohrt, was bedeutet, dass beim nächsten Verschieben des Wandbildes nicht so viel Schweiß entstehen sollte – weder durch körperliche Anstrengung noch durch Nerven.</p>
<p>Die Konservatorin Kiernan Graves, die die Konservierung des Wandgemäldes beaufsichtigt, sagt, Pan American Unity habe ihren Anteil an „Lebenstraumata“ durchgemacht, was zu „geringfügigen Delaminationen“ geführt habe, was eine Trennung zwischen den Putzschichten bedeutet.  Es gab etwas Puder- und Pigmentverlust und einige Risse.  Aber für das, was es im Laufe seines Lebens durchgemacht hat, ist es im Vergleich zu anderen tragbaren Fresken von Rivera, die umgezogen waren, sicherlich im größten und besten Zustand.“ </p>
<p>Mit anderen Worten, Besucher, die Pan American Unity im SFMOMA sehen, werden eine Arbeit sehen, die ähnlich aussieht wie damals, als Rivera seine Pigmente auf nassen Putz auftrug.  Er und seine Assistenten mussten jeden neu nassen Teil in einer einzigen schnellen Session beenden.  Am Ende brauchten sie vier Monate, um das riesige Fresko fertigzustellen.  Es hat bereits 81 Jahre gedauert, und alle, die am Umzug des Wandbilds mitgewirkt haben – Restauratoren, Rigger, Ingenieure und andere – sagen, Pan American Unity sollte mindestens 1.000 Jahre lang bestehen.  Der Schlüssel, sagen sie: Das Wandbild muss mit Freundlichkeit behandelt werden.</p>
<p>Jonathan Curiel ist ein beitragender Autor.  Twitter @WriterJCuriel</p>
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<p>The phalanges of a worker standing in front of a 4,000-pound plate stand on the edge.  They look nervously from under their helmets, and their fears are understandable.  This is the last of 10 equal pieces in Diego Rivera&#8217;s huge frescoes.  Pan American Unity: Arguably the greatest artwork of the 20th century in San Francisco.</p>
<p>The stakes are even higher as this piece is certainly the most fragile of the set.  That job took months as workers moved off a 10-foot wall at San Francisco City University, which has been around since 1961.  SFMOMA.  Moving the precious 1940 mural was an elaborate operation that included vibration monitors, precision cutting tools, ropes, and complex rigging connected to a three-story crane.  If this work falls or clings to another stressor, its loss reverberates in the art world and beyond.</p>
<p>&#8220;Keep calm,&#8221; says Reed Rigger Esteban Granados to observers who gathered on June 17 to witness this moment.  He has to concentrate on communicating with the crane operator.  When the workers pushed the panel out of the berth a few minutes later and slowly lowered it to the floor, Granados spoke the four words the project organizer had been waiting for.</p>
<p>“Looks great,” says Granados.  &#8220;Is beautiful.&#8221;</p>
<h2 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>long time no see</strong></h2>
<p>&#8220;beautiful.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;You look amazing.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;It is wonderful.&#8221;</p>
<p>These are the terms people have used to describe the mural itself, but the best can also be applied to the removal of the mural from the CCSF&#8217;s well-named Diego Rivera Theater.  It took years of planning and months of testing on the duplicating wall and two duplicating plates developed by engineers and exposed to falls and other extreme conditions.  Pan American Unity We are finally nearing the end of our long journey to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will live for the next two years before moving back to City College in new spaces in 2023.</p>
<p>“We tried to recreate everything that happened here,” says Miguel Michel, the technical project manager for the move, who, along with other workers, is overseeing the dismantling of the last panel.  “For example, it is much better to hold the panel from below than from above.  When I tried to hold it from the first two points, it created new cracks. &#8221; </p>
<p>In theory, Pan American Unity is always designed to be posable.  In 1940 Rivera painted elaborate scenes on ten reinforced concrete slabs.  The total weight of these panels exceeds 30 tons, but with the right planning, Rivera imagines them to be dismantled, transported and reassembled.  Reality was very different; back Pan American Unity made its debut on Treasure Island for the so-called Golden Gate International Exposition, which co-funded the Treasure Island Expo, and for the City College Library, designed by famous San Francisco architect Timothy Pfluger, a patron saint of the Rivera.  It was planed.  However, the beginning of World War II in 1941 interrupted Pfluger&#8217;s design and eventually the construction of the library.  And when Pflueger died in 1946, Pan American Unity It was kept in City College until 1961 when the plaque was strangely affixed to the inside wall of the Diego Rivera Theater.</p>
<p>Weird thing? </p>
<p>When project staff began the full-scale study of the wall, everything from the original 1961 mortar used by workers to fill the space inside the wall to the complete lack of a &#8220;finished product&#8221; was faced with major challenges.  Found.  That said, there was no detailed actual plan.  How workers assembled and affixed fresco panels to the walls of the CCSF.  From an architectural point of view, the lack of a finished product is a serious violation.  Project staff spent more time examining the outside walls of the mural to get inside the walls and further understand how to remove the 10 panels from the 12-inch thick plaster and concrete lining.  I had to spend a lot of time.  Excessive pressure anywhere along the path, such as drilling holes in the outside wall or attaching cables to lift the panel, can damage the mural.  This is actually said to be worth more than $ 100 million. </p>
<p>“As a fixed, portable mural, it shouldn&#8217;t have been there like that,” said Bryan Cain, general manager of Atthowe Fine Art Services, who worked with the company&#8217;s staff to move the mural.  “That&#8217;s the biggest, well-intentioned mistake I&#8217;ve ever seen….  It&#8217;s like an eardrum made of a very fragile, brittle material that shouldn&#8217;t crack, but it&#8217;s a concrete wall.  Permanently trapped.  What&#8217;s happening?  ” </p>
<p>The month all panels were removed was fine, but three days after the project team removed the last panel at CCSF, they faced another final step.  The crane pulled it from a truck on Howard Street, lifted it over the city&#8217;s power lines with the help of ground workers, and placed it in the Roberts Family Gallery on the museum&#8217;s ground floor.</p>
<p>Does Pan American Unity exist?  It will be open to the public in a new form on June 28th.  You can visit the gallery on the first floor for free.  Pan American Unity Eighty-one years after Rivera was completed, we greet visitors to a light-filled space that only shows art designed to produce murals of the highest quality.</p>
<h2 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Wide stroke </strong></h2>
<p>Take this topic, for example.  The official title of the mural is in English marriage of the artistic expression of the north and south on this continent.  (In Spanish: Unión de la Expresión Artística del Nortey Sur de este Continente. Rivera is the custom of the Maya and Aztec people, a US president like Abraham Lincoln or Pfluger (where 140 new Montgomery buildings are just around the corner from SFMOMA) .</p>
<p>Rivera threw himself into the mural &#8211; of course with Frida Kahlo and whoever else he knew or knew personally.  He also added ominous characters and scenes from the world on the verge of war.  A picture of Joseph Stalin in a white hood with a bloody sickle shows that Rivera&#8217;s friend Leon Trotsky was recently killed in Mexico.</p>
<p>Celebrating his life as Mexico&#8217;s foremost mural painter, Rivera created a panoramic scene that unleashes events and layers of people in a grand vision, like Michelangelo&#8217;s Sistine Chapel.  Rivera&#8217;s murals often emphasized communism or socialism&#8217;s ideal ability to revolutionize workers, indigenous peoples, and society in the murals that combine the Aztec goddess Coatlique with the Ford Motor Company&#8217;s die cutting machine. </p>
<p>He saw Rivera working on a mural on Treasure Island Pan American Unity.  According to the Diego Rivera Mural Project, supported by CCSF, it is work that really bridges the gap between times and people.  “It&#8217;s about the fusion of artistic forms of expression in the north and south on this continent.  That&#8217;s all, &#8220;Rivera is said to have written.  “I think that&#8217;s what it takes to turn American art into real American art.  This mixture of Indian, Mexican and Eskimo art with the urge to make machines, the artistic urge.  But the material aspects of life are largely the same impulse, but in different expressions.  &#8220;</p>
<p>Like Michelle, a 25-year-old student at the Mechanical Design and Innovation Center at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the main engineering team for the project that moved murals from CCSF to SFMOMA are from Mexico, and it&#8217;s murals.  He says he feels a deep personal connection to the subject &#8211; and how important it is to pay more attention to the murals. </p>
<p>“It was very moving to see the murals,” recalled Alejandro Ramirez, who leads the project&#8217;s engineering team (and Professor Michelle from the National Autonomous University of Mexico), recalling his first impressions in 2018 and joining in with the murals.  Say you were asked.  It works out.  “My mother is American and my father is Mexican.  When I saw the mural it was as I was taught.  Do whatever you can to support this project.  I said i&#8217;m going.  &#8220;</p>
<h2 class="has-text-align-center"><strong>Rivera America</strong></h2>
<p>Rivera died in 1957, but the theme he was embedding was Pan-American Unity.  Newly relevant when politicians in the United States discuss immigration policies in the United States, the economic interdependence between countries, and the debts that each generation owes not only to their predecessors but to those who follow.  I am.  To see a mural like Pan American Unity isn&#8217;t just about looking into the past, it&#8217;s about seeing the inseparable progress that culture is making.  And the mural itself &#8211; its brightly colored pigments and its meaning &#8211; reminds us that the best art always needs care.  Visitors to SFMOMA in July will see workshops making corrections and optimizations.  Pan American UnityAs a visitor to Treasure Island in 1940, Rivera was able to paint a giant mural.  (Next year SFMOMA will say &#8220;Diego Rivera America ..&#8221;) </p>
<p>The fresco&#8217;s debut on June 28 at SFMOMA will usher in an important new era for the work, says longtime historian William Maynes.  Pan American Unity A prominent member of the Diego Rivera Mural Project, which began researching ways to move murals out of CCSF in 2010.</p>
<p>Maynes stands at the Roberts Family Gallery on June 20, watching them as workers install the final plaque on the wall.  Pan American Unity It is about to see a public rebirth.  He says the SFMOMA fresco move is a “coming out party” to showcase the work in front of more people.</p>
<p>At SFMOMA, a special steel support system stabilizes and locks the 10 panels in place.  When Pan American Unity returns to the CCSF and back to the new Performing Arts Center in 2023, the murals will have a similar support system with much better display space for visitors than the current Diego Rivera Theater does.  The mural is never drilled into the wall.  This means that the next time you move the mural, make sure it doesn&#8217;t involve too much physical activity or sweat from your nerves.</p>
<p>Guardian Kianan Graves, who oversees the protection of murals, tells Pan American Unity she&#8217;s experiencing part of the &#8220;trauma of life&#8221; and therefore calls it &#8220;small delamination, which means separation between layers of plaster&#8221;.  There was some powder and pigment loss and some cracks.  But compared to the mobile Rivera&#8217;s other portable frescoes, this is certainly the greatest and best that it has seen in its life.  ” </p>
<p>In other words, the visitor who sees Pan American Unity at the SFMOMA can see works that look very similar to Rivera&#8217;s wet plaster with pigments.  He and his assistant had to finish each new wet piece in one quick session.  After all, it took four months to complete a huge fresco.  It&#8217;s been 81 years, say everyone who worked on the wall painting (restorers, riggers, engineers, etc.).  Pan American Unity It should take at least 1,000 years.  It is important that the mural is treated in a friendly manner.</p>
<p>Jonathan Cliel is a contributor.twitter @WriterJCuriel</p>
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