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Near and Far Eastern Arts, [September 22-October 21, 1951]

 Sub-Series

Scope and Contents

An exhibition of Persian miniatures, Roman glass, Chinese sculptures, and other art objects from the 16th and 17th centuries. The show was arranged to celebrate the recent donation of 11 miniatures to the museum by Arthur Sachs.
The exhibition records span one folder of installation and photograph prints and negatives in the photograph collection.

Dates

  • Creation: [September 22-October 21, 1951]

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

At this time, the exhibition records are unavailable to the public and will only be made available to FAMSF staff upon request.

Biographical / Historical

Arthur Sachs was an American investment banker born in 1880 who was well known for his art collection and his philanthropy. He was a member of the Harvard class of 1901. In 1929 he established two fellowships at Harvard for the advanced study of the fine arts, and in 1958 he set up a scholarship fund at his alma mater to give French students a chance to study at Harvard and Radcliffe. Sachs also donated toward the restoration of Chartres cathedral, and to the National Gallery of Art, the Fogg Museum, the Morgan Library, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After retiring from Goldman, Sachs, and Co., Sachs spent much of his time in France, where he lent part of his famous collection to the Louvre. Sachs was a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. He died in 1975 in Cannes, France.

Source: https://www.nga.gov/collection/provenance-info.516.html#biography

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (The exhibition records span one folder of photographs.)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Abstract

An exhibition of Persian miniatures, Roman glass, Chinese sculptures, and other art objects from the 16th and 17th centuries. The exhibition records span one folder of photographs.

Arrangement

The materials are separated by content and type and organized chronologically.

Related Exhibitions

Legion of Honor: Persian Fine Arts, Lent by Dr. Ali Kuli Khan (1927)
Legion of Honor: Persian Art Lent by Dr. Ali Kuli Khan (1928)
Legion of Honor: Gothic and Renaissance Sculpture (1931)
de Young: Persian Miniatures (1931)
de Young: Persian Antiques (1931)
de Young: Persian and Indian Miniatures from the K. Demirjian Collection (1934) & (1958)
de Young: Chinese Sculpture (1935)
de Young: Persian Textiles from the 16th to the 19th Century (1936)
de Young: Glass Through the Ages (1939)
de Young: Old Glass and China Club Exhibition (1941)
Legion of Honor: Chinese Sculpture (1942)
de Young: Exhibition of Islamic Art Lent by the Heeramaneck Galleries (1942)
de Young: Archaic Chinese Mirrors, Small Bronzes, and Jades from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Marcus (1943)
Legion of Honor: An Exhibition of Modern Glass (1943)
Legion of Honor: Exhibition of Ancient Glass (1948)
Legion of Honor: Persian Miniatures from the Collection of Rudolph Holzapfel (1950)
Legion of Honor: The Faiz O. Kayyem Collection of Ancient Glass (1959)
Legion of Honor: Exhibition of Early Asiatic Art: Original Persian and Indian Miniatures (1952)
Legion of Honor: 7000 Years of Iranian Art (1965)
Legion of Honor: Classical Items: Ceramics and Glass from the Museum's Collections (1965)
de Young: Glass in Germany from Roman Times to the Present (1965)
de Young: Oriental Carpets from the Kevorkian Foundation (1967)
de Young: Persian Tribal Rugs (1979)
de Young: Ancient Glass from the Holy Land (1998)

Separated Materials

Installation and photograph prints and negatives are housed in the Legion of Honor Exhibition Photograph collection in box 10.

Subjects

Repository Details

Repository Details

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