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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.161
Title
Album of Drawings and Paintings
Classification
Albums
Work Type
album
Date
19th century
Period
Qajar period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311885

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drawings; ink and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
33.3 x 22.8 x 5 cm (13 1/8 x 9 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold; [through Walter Schatzki (by 1960)]; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.161
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David Roxburgh, ed., An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), Bindings: pp. 19, 110; figs. 3-4
  • David Roxburgh and Mary McWilliams, ed., Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 134-139, cats. 10-21

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
  • The Tablet and the Pen: Drawings from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 02/18/2006 - 07/23/2006

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Verification Level

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