The first pieces we collected were sixties and seventies European Modern Art including Tapies, Soulage and Dubuffet. July 23, 1956 - October 26, 2018. "Then it clicked in my mind. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA) has received a major gift from the estate of the late American philanthropists Norah and Norman Stone, spanning around 350 . September 2019 September 2019. Their red brick Beaux-Arts style residence was designed by architect Arthur Brown in 1927. 2022-03-22, Alameda County Superior Courts | Probate | Zinko, Carolyne. Among his recent acquisitions are a Givenchy blazer with a purple bird and floral motif because it struck him as "the most unusual jacket of the season," and a thigh-length sport coat made of "exotic" silver metallic fabric at a tailor shop in Jodhpur, India, that also caters to Mick Jagger, Bono and Sting. Almost every night for 33 years, he would be in a different outrageous outfit in the social swirl of San Francisco with Norah, his equally vivacious wife. Norah supervised the initial volunteer nursing staff at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco in 1967. Ms. When the couple first started building their collection, their intention always was to donate it to a museum, preferably SFMOMA. "So much as it was a desire borne of the same interest that guided the collection to begin with - a desire and curiosity about the work they own and how it interfaces with other work. We also discover pieces on our own which we find worth consideration. Clothier Wilkes Bashford, who has dressed many A-list socialites in San Francisco since 1964, admires the couple's ability to allow their outsides to reflect what is going on inside. Stonescape is located in the Diamond Mountain District AVA of the Napa Valley appellation. Together Norah and Norman Stone would go on to build one of Californias most important collections of contemporary art, and it would span their home in San Franciscos tony Pacific Heights neighborhood and Stonescape, their 17-acre property in Napa Valley purchased in 1991 that includes an active vineyard, a farmhouse, and large-scale sculptures, including a Cady Noland log cabin and a James Turrell installation centered around an infinity pool. May his memory be a blessing. They opened their home and their singular collection to the delight of artists, collectors and museum directors from around the world.. You wont always agree, but you know you have to make decisions. This extroverted garb would become their signature style, and the couple could be spotted wearing their unusual clothes at art fairs, biennials, and beyond. This case was filed in San Francisco County Superior Courts, San Francisco County Civic Center Courthouse located in San Francisco, California. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - April 24 - Norah Stone attends SFMOMA Directors Circle Dinner with JR on April 24th 2019 at SFMOMA in San Francisco, California . We have recently returned from our wonderful visit to the Middle East with them. A practicing Buddhist, Stone died on Good Friday, April 2, after a three-week stay at California Pacific Medical Center, said his daughter, Amy Stone, who was with him at the end. NCS: Love for each other and a spiritual connection based on pristine mind meditation. Norah was drawn to his outlandish wardrobe (Dont you realize that every day is a costume party? Norman once asked her), and in her, he found a spirit to match his joie de vivre. The cause of death was cancer. This collection contains some delayed birth records, as well. Get our latest stories in the feed of your favorite networks. 2007 Thank you for your perspective, your insight and inspiration. By the 1968 presidential election, he was a hippie and backer of Robert F. Kennedy for president, according to his son-in-law. He left the board of SFMOMA in 2020. Norah and Norman Stone celebrate the San Francisco Symphony's opening gala in September 2012. The news was first reported in the San Francisco Chronicle. We find it a special experience to see a good collection, he told SFGate in 2000. Any flashes of lightening or discoveries in that region? SFMOMA Gets Large Gift from Stone Estate, Florence Readies Grand Donatello Show, and More: Morning Links for March 4, 2022 We do not have the time to do the kind of research her office performs. To sell or otherwise rid themselves of some of the pieces is anathema to them, at least judging by Norah Stone's response to that suggestion - an exclamation that sounded as if she had been poked in the stomach with a sharp stick. During the process we have spent time getting to know him and his work, which relates in part to the Dorchester community of Chicagos South side, where he has renovated several buildings which now serve the community as a whole. "I don't think about the price of the clothing," she said. Stone, son of Chicago businessman and self-help book author W. Clement Stone, was born in Evanston, Illinois. Thea helped us to define our interests. Our collection interests then expanded to include minimal and conceptual works by Donald Judd, John Baldessari, Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman and Robert Smithson. The idea of building the cave evolved from our being unable to find suitable space in San Francisco and realizing that we had a location for a cave to be dug into the hillside on our property in the Napa Valley. He was born July 1, 1938 to the late Eva and Walter C. Stone III. It was thought through and considered.. She worked as the paper's society columnist from 2000 to 2004, when she wrote about the lifestyles of the rich but not necessarily famous. Domingo Serna April 16, 1939 - February 23, 2023. For example, youre trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which is currently undergoing a major expansion. Carolyne Zinko, a native of Wisconsin, joined The San Francisco Chronicle in 1993 as a news reporter covering Peninsula crime, city government and political races. Norman Stone, historian, born 8 March 1941; died 19 June 2019. He wanted the challenge and satisfaction of helping people in a mental health clinic.. Norman, OK (73069) Today. We have invited the students back on several occasions to continue to add to the work, which will eventually render the original figures almost illegible. CLEVELAND COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - If you're cleaning up tornado debris this weekend, the Cleveland County Health Department is offering free emergency tetanus shots for those not up-to-date on the vaccine.It's been about a week since tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma and many across the Sooner State are beginning to pick up the pieces. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Norman Stone's first wife, Nicole Aubrey, was the niece . He is a trustee at SFMOMA and president of the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation, which gave $4.5 million in 2006 to programs centered on education, childhood and youth. Since the 1990s, the property has produced Merlot wines under the Azalea Springs label. 3 of 6 4 of 6 Norman Stone is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 in the dressing room of his San Francisco, Calif., home. TNVRYou are very involved in the broader world of art and you often are invited to view major new art before anyone else. When the Stones were starting out, San Francisco was a very conservative community that collected only what smelled, looked, and felt like art, Westreich said. This is a carousel. As passionate, informed, daring and delighted art collectors, the Stones have gathered and selected and enthusiastically swept up a much-admired art collection, considered one of the most focused, vocal, and important 20th and 21st century art collections in the world. The collection was open to the public by appointment, and the tour guides were Norah and Norman, who could discuss each piece on display at length. She was 82. Pictures of his parents' honeymoon capture his mother along a Midwestern lake in overalls and high heels, he said. We are one of the sponsors of his upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. TNVRWho were the artists you zeroed in on at the beginning, and why? ARTnews is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Norman also served on National Committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Tate International Council in London. SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 3, 2022)The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced the landmark gift of nearly 350 paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, design objects and media art works from the Estate of Norah and Norman Stone. Norah and Norman Stone at their 2016 art retreat in Calistoga. Shift In addition to his wife, Stone was predeceased in 2020 by his son Norman Clifford Stone. The cloak rooms mirrored walls and antique vanity are original; the cat litter sculpture is by Robert Gober. In the 21st century, it's not just urns and gravestones anymore. She brings artists and particular works to our attention and a discussion ensues. NSJohn Caldwell introduced us to Thea Westreich, whom he recommended as an art advisor, since our interest was now becoming serious. In a six-month project with The Chronicle's investigative team, she recently revealed the misleading practices of a San Francisco fashion charity that took donations from wealthy philanthropists but donated little to the stated cause of helping the developmentally disabled. donate our collection to a public institution or institutions. Many artists, particularly these working today, are making art that is of a scale or material that challenges even museums, no less private collectors. We wanted a cohesive collection that reflected our passion for contemporary art. Some of Norman's zest for dressing comes from childhood influences. Youve said that some of your art is disturbing and that your collection expresses and mirrors unpleasant truths, the darker world and a deeper view of the creative mind. Its almost impossible to embrace that someone so alive and vibrant is gone.. Karen Langsley, Ms. Norman's former partner, said in a phone interview that Ms. Norman had suffered from dementia for many years and had other health problems. Norah, a former nurse and corporate attorney, was color-shy when she met Norman 28 years ago on a blind date. While still an investor, he attended the San Francisco Art Institute for a time. He is survived by sons Bryan Stone of Portola Valley and Mark Stone of Redwood City, daughter Amy Stone of Philadelphia and five grandchildren. Moving from Everyman documentaries, and a pioneering Index includes name, sex, date and place of birth, date and county of death, father's last name, and mother's maiden name. 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Their collection is monumentally important, and their commitment to working with artists was equally so, said Thea Westreich, their New York art adviser for 30 years. Charles Desmarais first reported the news in the San Francisco Chronicle. Some city and towns records are also included. 2021-12-08, Contra Costa County Superior Courts | Probate | They're one with the breast. in economics from Stanford University and a doctorate from the Wright Institute Graduate School of Social-clinical Psychology in Berkeley, California. The Stones collection also features works from such seminal artists as Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Hans Bellmer and Tony Conrad. (The property has gravel roads otherwise.) He was a wonderful friend to Jim and me over many years. The World's Premier Art Magazine since 1913. He was 81. TNVRYou have a vibrant schedule of art events around the world, including Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach. For example, Norah is the past president of Collectors Forum, and for ten years wasco-chair ofDirectors Circle. In their historic San Francisco home, art collectors Norah and Norman Stone give free rein to their playful sense of style From the outside, the stately house on a prime hilltop block in Pacific Heights, the gold coast of San Francisco, couldn't be . Under the tutelage of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art curator John Caldwell, the Stones developed a taste for eye-catching art with a strong conceptual underpinning. Stone is president of the W. Clement and Jessie V. Stone Foundation as well as a trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 1966-1968 He was a member of the Breakers eating club and loved bird watching on campus. Fortunately a wonderful man named Mike saved the cave by working through all of Christmas and New Years Eve. NSSWe have been growing grapes and making wine in the Napa Valley since 1991 when we acquired our property. On the lifestyle front, her duties also including writing about cannabis culture for The Chronicle and its cannabis website, www.GreenState.com website. Norah Stone, San Francisco philanthropist and art collector, dies at 81, Norah and Norman Stone rock their Stonescape art party, Most complex Stonescape dazzles the senses. By then, a lung condition had slowed down Norman, but he kept their home open for private tours. The Stones call the compound Stonescape. 2021-09-28. Currently we cultivate Cabernet Sauvignon and sell the grapes from our Sunrise block to a vintner. He supported things that mattered, education and cultural values.. Norah Sharpe was born in Golden Valley, Alberta, Canada. We also see trends in art making and thinking. She and her Art Advisory Services have worked closely with you since 1990, helping to build a collection of contemporary art as well as furniture and design objects.