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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.161
People
Unknown Artist
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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