Norah has been known to pair an Etro sweater with a pair of floral capri pants from Zara, or carry a Target tote bag on an airplane on a trip to Switzerland, where she'll wear the latest from Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Mary Katrantzou or Jean Paul Gaultier. While still an investor, he enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute for a time. He didnt throw money around. Norah Sharpe was born in 1938 in Alberta, Canada, where she studied nursing before moving to the Bay Area to work in hospitals during the 1960s. All Rights Reserved. He left the board of SFMOMA in 2020. New directions? We wanted to do thematic exhibitions featuring some of these pieces as well as others that may have been in storage due to lack of space to show them. This is a Tibetan Buddhist teaching that Norah and I learned from Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, a Bay Area lama. A Painting That Is Its Own Documentation Their art activism and philanthropy are balanced and expressed in their colorful and fearless sense of style--think Yamamoto, Versace, Gaultier, Andrew Gn, Comme des Garcons. Our involvement with the American Friends of the Pompidou is more recent. NSSOur next installation in the cave is entitled Revealed and includes pieces by Ai Weiwei, Theaster Gates, Philipe Parreno, Keith Tyson, Martin Kippenberger and Danh Vo. For ego? We wanted a cohesive collection that reflected our passion for contemporary art. All rights reserved. The sunroom features an acrylic table by Zaha Hadid. By then, a lung condition had slowed down Norman, but he kept their home open for private tours. Stone, son of Chicago businessman and self-help book author W. Clement Stone, was born in Evanston, Illinois. Norah and Norman Stone rock their Stonescape art party 'Most complex' Stonescape dazzles the senses "It is a totally original place to look at art - a gorgeous, light-filled volume of space," he said. (Both sit on the museum's board of trustees.). 2021-12-08, Contra Costa County Superior Courts | Probate | Collectors tend not to allow visitors outside elite ranks to view their collections - even if they happen to belong to a museum's general membership base - because such guests are often not well-versed enough in art to understand or appreciate what they are seeing. Norah is also a member of the Leadership Council of Pro Choice California. Norah and Norman Stone at their 2016 art retreat in Calistoga. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He holds a B.A. The cause of death was cancer. For example, youre trustees of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, which is currently undergoing a major expansion. In the living room, custom-made love seats flank a steel cocktail table by Martin Szekely, the stone-top tables are by Taher Chemirik, and the multimedia work and drawing are by Dieter Roth; the neon sculpture is by Bruce Nauman, and the curtains are of a Rogers & Goffigon wool. TNVRWho were the artists you zeroed in on at the beginning, and why? SAN JOSE - Norman Y. Mineta, former Secretary of Transportation, member of Congress and Mayor of San Jose, died Tuesday at the age of 90 . Love always, Joan, I am so terribly sorry to learn about Eggs passing away. Your weekly guide to Bay Area arts & entertainment. 2022-11-29, Los Angeles County Superior Courts | Probate | NSSWe initially focused on the most provocative and intellectually challenging emerging artists, particularly those from the Pictures generation including Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman and Sheri Levine. Another artist with whom we have established a close relationship is Theaster Gates, whose work we first saw at MOCA in LA two years ago. The 1927 Beaux Arts dwelling was designed by Arthur Brown Jr., who was . E-mail: czinko@sfchronicle.com. They were Norah and Norman Stone, a best-dressed, life-of-the-party duo at every gala, museum opening and benefit. Edgar Norman Stone, '41 (history), of San Francisco, May 29, at 97. The couple are locally famous for a summer party they host every two years at their Calistoga home. 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. Around 1,000 artworks were spread across their home in San Franciscos Pacific Heights neighborhood and Stonescape, a 17-acre property in Napa Valley dotted with large-scale sculptures, including a Cady Noland cabin and a James Turrell installation, as well as a 5,750-square-foot art cave for exhibitions. Art collector couple builds museum-size cave in Napa for collection, Alex Hay In the Bay Area social circuit, they were known for a flair for bold, complementary outfits that matched their passion for modern and contemporary art. Norman Stone Norman Stone, in Pacifica on December 14, 2010 at age 86. This article was amended on 26 June 2019. They married two years later. 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Norah Stone, a prominent philanthropist and art collector in San Francisco who, along with her husband, Norman, has ranked on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors . NCSDuring the past 12 months we have attended the Basel Art Fair, Miami Basel, Armory Show New York, Frieze Art Fair London and New York, Dubai Art Fair and Documenta (Kassel Germany). NSSWe have been growing grapes and making wine in the Napa Valley since 1991 when we acquired our property. The Stones are an unusual pair by high-society standards. Geraldine Engano April 26, 1944 - February 19, 2023. Our website, archdigest.com, offers constant original coverage of the interior design and architecture worlds, new shops and products, travel destinations, art and cultural events, celebrity style, and high-end real estate as well as access to print features and images from the AD archives. Whats the secret of your bravado and sense of fun and your pure pleasure in life? 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. He is wearing a sequined hoodie by Osklen, stretch leather pants by Jitrois, and silver-tipped boots by Gianni Barbato as he plays with the family dog, Bodhi. Norah wears a purple jacket by Miu Miu, an orange top, pants by Zara, and Sigerson Morrison shoes. Norah and I have similar taste and so generally speaking we agree quickly on acquisitions. 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. As part of a survey conducted by ARTnews with its Top 200 Collectors in 2017, the Stones pointed to a few prized works as the cornerstones of their collection: Joseph BeuyssVitrine with Plateau Central(196280); Jeff KoonssLarge Vase of Flowers(1991), as well as his Balloon Dog(1996); a version of Marcel Duchamps L.H.O.O.Q., in which the artist has drawn a mustache on a reproduction of the Mona Lisa, plus a trio of the Dadaists Erotic Objects that is related to theartists famed final work, tant donns. They're not a map to follow, but simply a description of what people commonly feel. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. For some people, the best send-off is one that they would have loved to attendthemselves: a big party. Norman's piece, "Grim Eminence," in the January 10, . First, how nasty it is. For the couple, who married in 1986, collecting was a joint effort. Norman Stone, a San Francisco arts patron and collector who, along with his wife Norah, was known for a renowned contemporary collection and larger-than-life style, died on April 2. Obituaries; Public Notices. This is not for sale. While still an investor, he attended the San Francisco Art Institute for a time. They could be counted on until Norah died in 2019 and Norman began a steady decline with a chronic lung condition. 2007 Their signature style was a common sight at biennials, fairs, museum openings, and galas until Norahs death. NCSWe are both trustees of SFMOMA and are actively involved in other activities. Giving to charity is a meaningful way to honor someone who has died. We visited private collections in Basel and on to Stockholm and Oslo with the SFMOMA Directors Circle. She was 82. . Their new hobby required knowledge of art, and a new wardrobe, too. Norman, OK (73069) Today. "For his peers, he was an unusual dresser," Norman recalled. Psychologist, art collector and museum benefactor, dies at 81 | Datebook", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Norman_C._Stone&oldid=1115890861, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 13 October 2022, at 19:03. There are two big surprises about the obituary of Norman Stone by Sir Richard Evans, the former Regius Professor of History at Cambridge, in the Guardian. He is an urban planner by training. Also I am former Chair of the Whitney Main Accessions Committee. 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. He was novice boxing champion in 1938 and won the 175-pound all-university championship in 1940 (as Edgar Stein). Norman and Norah Stone are seen with their latest aquisition, "Nobody's Poodle" by Pat Lenz, on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 at their San Francisco, Calif., home. I am on their Executive Committee. Our collection is personal and reflects our interests in conceptualism, current cultural issues and various forms of expression including sculpture, media and photography in addition to painting. They opened their home and their singular collection to the delight of artists, collectors, and museum directors from around the world.. Friends describe them as exuberant - bungee jumping on vacation and swimming in the Rhine River - and they appear that way outwardly as well, wearing wildly colorful and imaginative clothing (including blazers made from bubble wrap). We gave interior designers Noz Nozawa, Erick Garcia, and Mandy Cheng a photo of the same empty foyerthen asked each of them to create a design for it in their particular style, however they pleased. Under the tutelage of Thea Westreich Art Advisory Services in New York., Stone began actively collecting contemporary art in the mid 1980s. It's surprising how much a musical selection can affect mourning. Norah Sharpe was born in Golden Valley, Alberta, Canada. We never intended to collect pretty pictures, Norah told SFGate in 2000. First they filled their Pacific Heights mansion with art, then they bought Azalea Springs Vineyards near Calistoga and built Stonescape, a 5,000-square-foot private museum in an Art Cave carved out of a mountainside. Thea helped us to define our interests. September 16, 2021. Grief researchers say holding that missing funeral service, even a year or more later, can still help us heal. Biography. Sean Robert Rivera January 25, 2023 (57 years old) View obituary. Many artists, particularly these working today, are making art that is of a scale or material that challenges even museums, no less private collectors. What was your impetus for collecting art? To plant trees in memory, please visit the. TNVRIts a private gallery, but you open it, by appointment, to museum curators, artists and scholars? He was unique in that he wasnt overly concerned about how people perceived him, she said. Michel Majerus, a young artist working in Berlin, spent time with us installing a group of large sculptures in our lower gallery. My eternal thanks to Eggs for arranging my 12th birthday party at the San Francisco Zoo at night. Norman and Norah Stone are seen on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012 in their San Francisco, Calif., home. For this biennale, Re:emerge, Towards a New Cultural Cartography, the curator Yuko Hasegawa proposed a Biennial that reassess the Westerncentrism of knowledge in modern times and reconsiders the relationship between the Arab world, Asia, the Far East, through North Africa and Latin America. He works part-time as a therapist at a city mental health clinic in Hunter's Point, one of San Francisco's edgier neighborhoods, where he has counseled crack addicts and other patients for 27 years. I akways missed your stories and walks at Presidio. So to sell it wouldn't make a lot of sense to us.". On 08/23/2021 THE ESTATE OF NORMAN C STONE was filed as a Probate - Other Probate lawsuit. Weve never shied away from collecting difficult pieces. Though conceptual art, from its grandfather Duchamp to later practitioners like Beuys, form the core of their holdings, the Stones also collected across a spread of styles, mediums, and approaches, picking up works by Donald Judd, Vito Acconci, Robert Gober, Mike Kelley, Matthew Barney, Alex Israel, Hito Steyerl, Liz Deschenes, Seth Price, Amalia Ulman, Aaron Flint Jamison, and Anna Uddenberg over the years. "I don't think about the price of the clothing," she said. She also volunteered to supervise the nursing staff at the Haight Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco when it opened in 1967. "Every person would bring a different narrative. My deepest condolences to his his family, in whom he left a legacy. Favorite art fairs? Subscribe today and save! This collection contains some delayed birth records, as well. NCSWe are actively involved with the Tate International Council. He is wearing a sequined hoodie by Osklen, stretch leather pants by Jitrois . Keith Tyson However we were able to overcome these obstacles through engineering and devoted drill workers. 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. TNVRYouve said that your work is very fulfilling. They were Norah and Norman Stone, a best-dressed, life-of . donate our collection to a public institution or institutions. THE historian Norman Stone died on June 19 at the age of 78. It included a large sugar cube representing energy. The Stones, who began collecting art in the early 1990s, were known for their eye-catchingand at times outlandishcomplementary outfits. " he said. And the best part of all, documents in their CrowdSourced Library are FREE! Published by San Francisco Chronicle from Jun. The entrance hall is highlighted by carefully preserved plaster palm trees; the painting is by Sigmar Polke. TNVRSome of the most complex and difficult pieces are in your house in San Francisco, overlooking San Francisco Bay. The Stones were unique among their breed in that they were so curious that what they really wanted to do was to look and learn, Westreich said. "I'm sure behind my back, people are saying, 'What's he wearing that for?' "It's a way of making my days fun and interesting," Norman said. There are so many stories that I dont know where to begin. View Obituary. He was 82. We have recently returned from our wonderful visit to the Middle East with them. But it's also a very complex, smart, beautiful object. 1926 in San Francisco, raised her family in Daly City and in . THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY vs. WENTZ, JUDITH B, CONKLIN, LOUISE C, CONKLIN, NATALIE O Et Al. Your collections are diverse, dynamic and global. For many years we have been members of the Whitney National Committee of which I am a past President and we both currently serve on the Executive Committee of that group. The collection runs to 800 pieces of sculpture, painting, photography and film and video, corners of the art world not already claimed by major contemporary collectors such as Hunk and Moo Anderson and Donald and Doris Fisher. Now youre cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in the hills above the Napa Valley, in the Diamond Mountain appellation. It was how he did everything, his daughter said. And Stone knew about good art. SAN FRANCISCO (18-12) Hawthorne 3-6 0-0 7, Kunen 2-5 0-0 4, Rocak 4-8 3 . Norman Stone married, secondly, in 1982, Christine Booker, who predeceased him in 2016. No strangers to the media, they have been profiled in art magazines the world over. There were some challenges with numerous boulders and clay soil. Other works in our current exhibition Politics is Personal are site-specific and include 'Police the Police, 2011 by Rirkrit Tiravanija which is graphite drawings on a 26 x 26- foot wall. NSSWe attended the Dubai Art Fair and the Sharjah Biennale recently. In 1959, he married his high school sweetheart, Karen Fernstrom, and they came west when he entered Stanford University as a transfer student. She met Norman Stone, a psychotherapist who was the son of a Chicago insurance billionaire, on a blind date in 1984, and they married two years later. 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 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 . He finally left the board of SFMOMA in 2020. We had it installed four years ago in the cave. David Kessler's top 4 tips for dealing with holiday grief. Norman C. Stone (April 28, 1939 April 2, 2021) was an American psychotherapist, philanthropist, vintner and a collector of modern and contemporary art.[1]. We realized that these objects werent going to be available to the museum unless some people like us bought things that would end up going to public institutions, Norman said. The philanthropists, who live in San Francisco's tony Pacific Heights and who have a museum-like art cave built into a hillside at their summer home in Calistoga, are internationally renowned collectors of contemporary art. TNVRYou started at the top, really. NSSWe have always pursued art being made by emerging artists who are addressing issues of the moment. She is seen here in a bright pink Colleen Quen gown, with Schreiner vintage earrings. Looking to expand his opportunities, in 1958, Norman rented a small building in Latham, New York, which would . This case was filed in San Francisco County Superior Courts, San Francisco County Civic Center Courthouse located in San Francisco, California. Fashion and style are where you find it.". He supported things that mattered, education and cultural values.. NCSFor the last three decades, I have been deeply involved in a community health clinic in a neighborhood in San Francisco. TNVRRecently, you built the spectacular Stonescape art caveon your property in the Napa Valley and added several major outdoor installations to your growing roster of one thousand major pieces. Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary, Cases involving other probate matters not classified elsewhere, Matter(s): PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY; Location: CIVIC CENTER COURTHOUSE ROOM 204; Judge Name: JOSEPH M. QUINN, Payment : PROBATE FIRST PETITION FOR LETTERS/TRUST/OTHER; Amount : $450; Payment Type : ELECTRONIC ; Receipt Number : C5021826P014, PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND FOR LETTERS TESTAMENTARY, NO WILL FILED, FILED BY PETITIONER THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY AS TO DECEDENT STONE, NORMAN C AKA NORMAN CLEMENT STONE HEARING SET FOR SEP-22-2021 AT 09:00 AM IN DEPT 204 (Fee:$450.00). Being breast-fed, if it's a happy experience, is extraordinarily serene. Norah Stone, San Francisco philanthropist and art collector, dies at 81. We also see trends in art making and thinking. He began his professional career in television as the youngest producer/director at the BBC in 1975. . They needed a place to install and reinstall so it works in different contexts.". 1990 Several days a week he counsels patients for an array of disorders from schizophrenia and crack addiction to depression. A 1963 Gino Sarfatti light fixture hangs above a circa-1940 Jean Prouv desk in Norahs office; the series of C-prints is by Eileen Quinlan. Since that time we have travelled to Seattle, Chicago, London, Miami and Kassel Germany to see his work and to watch his musical and art related performances. We needed to focus and to learn as much as possible about the field. Photo: Drew Altizer Photography / Drew Altizer Photography 2016, Photo: Christina Koci Hernandez / The Chronicle, Photo: Susana Bates / Drew Altizer Photography 2016, Photo: Drew Altizer Photography / Drew Altizer Photography 2008, Photo: Drew Altizer Photography / Drew Altizer Photography 2009, Photo: Alex Washburn / Special to The Chronicle 2012, Pier 24 Photography to sell famed collection worth more than $15 million, The personal, path-making art of Amalia Mesa-Bains, SFMOMA and MoAD to share curator for art of the African Diaspora, Oakland artist makes bold statement with Warriors jersey, Review: Final opening exhibitions at ICA SF show promise fulfilled at Dogpatch museum, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons "Finding Balance", Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Hed make the drive from the city to the Napa Valley in record time, at the wheel of his Porsche, one of only four street-legal 959s in the United States. Norman Clement Stone was born April 27, 1939, in Chicago and was raised in Evanston and Winnetka. We have recently purchased pieces by Keith Tyson, Ryan Gander, Philippe Parreno, Ai Wei Wei and Leigh Ledare amongst others. Amid the vineyards and mountainous terrain of Napa Valley, tony homes stand above ground with significant structures reaching into the earth below, from basements to complex water and firefighting systems to wine cellars. Its almost impossible to embrace that someone so alive and vibrant is gone.. Among the pieces on display in the cave are a Stonehenge-like sculpture by Richard Serra called "Square Level Forged," a room full of photographs surrounding a bronze cube by Keith Tyson, called "The Block," and "Adjustable Wall Bra," by Vito Acconci, an 8-by-22-by-6-foot sculpture that is a giant white bra with benches inside the cups for viewers to sit on, while listening to a recording of a woman breathing. 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It took him eight years to complete his degree, and all the while he was working as a staff psychotherapist at the Bayview Hunters Point Foundations mental health center. An installation by Walid Raad relates to the history of art in the Arab world and required us to hire an actor from Germany to reenact the piece at the opening. Her death, after a months-long fight with cancer, was confirmed by her husband, Dr. Norman C. Stone. She loved his ability to talk about any subject, his dry wit and his unflinching defense of animals. Our collection interests then expanded to include minimal and conceptual works by Donald Judd, John Baldessari, Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman and Robert Smithson. Zinko, Carolyne. July 23, 1956 - October 26, 2018. The art cave is a marvel that few will ever get to see. " she recalled. We have worked with her since 1990. Norman Stone, when asked what he liked about the bra, said, "The breast is a really important symbolic body part that cuts across all cultures. TNVRAs significant and influential art collectorsand bold and avant-garde and daring ones, at thatyou are also involved over many years with the greatest art museums in the contemporary art world. "And so, with this bra, you go back and sit in the bra, and hear the heavy breathing, which is what the child would hear, its mother's breath, and hopefully you think about those kinds of things and whatever kinds of associations they produce - the moments in your life where you had something close to that experience, or where you wonder, 'Why didn't I?' "They're not doing it because they want to appear 'out there.' By the 1968 presidential election, he was a hippie and backer of Robert F. Kennedy for president, according to his son-in-law. What kind of arrangement is appropriate, where should you send it, and when should you send an alternative? Norman graduated from UMASS and received two associate's degree from S.T.C.C. They came home with John Baldessaris A Painting That Is Its Own Documentation, a 1968 work on canvas that consists of typed text listing the dates of its conception, creation and first exhibition. 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. By then, Stone was working toward his doctorate in clinical psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley. Her profiles of personalities have included fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Emanuel Ungaro fashion house owner Asim Abdullah, to name a few.