Bouquet to Bouquets to Art --- Days14/161, 162 & 163

Walk: Hood, Presidio, Legion of Honor and deYoung Museum

Distance: 4.5, 4, 6.5 miles

So yesterday Ciwt was one of the first into the opening of our Fine Arts Museums' Annual Fund Raising Event: Bouquets to Art.  Like the many others who came into the flower and paintings galleries with her, she remembered to bring her manners. Happily for the museums all six days of the event are always very well attended so there's need for many "Excuse me's; So sorry's" or other apologies when bumping into others or blocking their view.

The 'bouquets' are usually individual floral arrangements that exquisitely echo the look and feeling of the artwork the florist has chosen to honor.  And there were many outstanding ones of those this year.

Of course Ciwt was particularly drawn to the bouquests to Matisse's Jazz book portfolio like this one:

But this year there were several completely unexpected and extraordinary bouqets at the Legion of Honor Museum.  Bouquests to Art was held there for decades since its beginning in 1984.  When the event was moved to the de Young Museum several years ago, it was still beloved but the Legion was missed.   So, this year, in honor of the Legion's 100th! anniversary, Bouquets was held at both museums for the first time ever.  

The return to the Legion was clearly welcomed by many of the floral artists with celebratory, exuberantly huge and imaginative bouquets unique unlike any in the past 41 years of Bouquets to Art.

And especially the  Entry Way "bouquet" to Rodin's The Gates of Hell which is so astounding it deserves its very own CIWT entry.  Stay tuned tomorrow!