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Subject:

Thayer, Abbott Handerson 1849-1921

Physical description:

6 photographic prints

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1880

ca 1880-1900

Topic:

Artists' studios

Artists' homes

Local number:

AAA 3480

AAA

Notes:

Painter; Dublin, New Hampshire

Summary:

A photograph of Thayer on the porch of his house in Dublin, New Hampshire, and 5 photographs of the exterior of Thayer's house, studio and watertower in Dublin, New Hampshire

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

Record ID:

siris_arc_211435

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Photographer:

Seagull Portrait Studios

Subject:

Heath, Edith Kiertzner 1911-

Physical description:

2 photographic prints : b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. and 12 x 10 cm

Type:

Photographs

Date:

1930

[ca. 1930- 1949]

Topic:

Ceramicists

Local number:

AAA 1817 (fr. 612-615)

Notes:

Heath was a potter, Sausalito, California. She operated Heath Ceramics with her husband Brian Heath

Summary:

Two photographs of Heath at work on pieces of pottery; one photograph is from 1930 and the other is from 1949 and was taken by Seagull Portrait Studios

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

Record ID:

siris_arc_216226

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Creator:

Vever, Henri 1854-1942

Subject:

Vever, Henri 1854-1942

Physical description:

2.5 lin. ft. (ca. 35 items)

Type:

Works of art

Collection descriptions

Diaries

Photographs

Place:

France, Ile-de-France, Paris

France

Paris

Le Havre (France)

Paris (France)

Date:

1875

1875-1932

Twentieth century

Nineteenth century

Topic:

Art--Collectors and collecting

Art dealers

Art nouveau

Art, Asian

Art, European

Art, Islamic

Jewelry--History

Local number:

A1988.4

Notes:

Jeweler, art collector, and author Henri Vever was born in Metz, France in 1854. Together with his older brother Paul, Henri Vever managed the family jewelry firm, Maison Vever, from 1881 until Paul's death in 1915 and Henri's retirement in 1921. As an art collector, Vever amassed a large collection of European, Asian, and Islamic art. Through his work as a jeweler, art collector, and author, Henri Vever played an important role in the twentieth-century art world

Summary:

The Henri Vever Papers measure 2.5 linear feet (35 items) and span the years 1875 -1932. The collection contains six diaries, an account ledger, 20 photographs, one guest list, one ceremonial pommel, and six original oil paintings by Henri Vever

Cite as:

Henri Vever Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of François Mautin, 1988

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_230302

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Creator:

March, Benjamin 1899-1934

Subject:

March, Benjamin 1899-1934

Rowe, Dorothy 1898-

Physical description:

11.75 linear feet

Type:

Lecture notes

Collection descriptions

Letters

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Place:

USA, Michigan, Detroit

China

Japan

Michigan

Date:

1923

1923-1934

Topic:

Architecture

Architecture, Japanese

Art, Asian

Art--Terminology

Art, Asian--Research

Art, Chinese

Art, Japanese

Art, Korean

Chinese language--Terms and phrases

Painting, Chinese

Painting, Japanese

Description and travel

Notes:

Far Eastern art writer, curator, and lecturer, Benjamin Franklin March Jr., was born in Chicago on July 4, 1899 to Benjamin and Isabel March. He studied, lectured, and wrote in the United States and China and through his works gained respect as one of the foremost authorities on Chinese art during the 1920s and 1930s. Although he lived only thirty-five years, Benjamin March was a respected and influential scholar of Asian art

Summary:

The Benjamin March Papers span the years 1923 to 1934 and measure 11.75 linear feet. The collection includes: biographical data included in passports, obituaries, and fifty-seven condolence letters; lecture and course outlines; research notes; four diaries; one scrapbook; four illustrations including sketches for the March bookplate; fourteen photograph albums; printed matter; and 100 personal and artistic photographs

Cite as:

Benjamin March Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Judith March Davis, 1995

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_230306

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Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948

Subject:

Herzfeld, Ernst 1879-1948

Anistās Mārī al-Karmilī, ab 1866-1947

Becker, Carl Heinrich 1876-1933

Bell, Gertrude Lowthian 1868-1926

Berchem, Max van 1863-1921

Krefter, Friedrich 1898-1995

Meyer, Eduard 1855-1930

Sarre, Friedrich Paul Theodor 1865-1945

Sobernheim, Moritz

Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum

Verlag Philipp von Zabern

Physical description:

150 linear feet (ca. 30,000 items)

Type:

Articles

Collection descriptions

Blueprints

Clippings

Correspondence

Diaries

Drawings

Glass negatives

Journals (accounts)

Notebooks

Photographic prints

Photographs

Rubbings

Sketchbooks

Sketches

Paper Squeezes

Place:

Asia

Iran

Iraq

Jordan

Lebanon

Syria

Turkey

Mesopotamia

Aleppo (Syria)

Bakun, Tall-e (Iran)

Baʻlabakk (Lebanon)

Bīshāpūr (Extinct city)

Bisutun Site (Iran)

Damascus (Syria)

Fīrūzābād (Iran)

Ḥimṣ (Syria)

Iṣfahān (Iran)

Luristān (Iran)

Nahāvand (Iran)

Naqsh-i Rustam (Iran)

Paikuli (Iraq)

Palmyra (Syria)

Pasargadae (Extinct city)

Persepolis (Iran)

Petra (Extinct city)

Sāmarrā' (Iraq)

Sīstān va Balūchistān (Iran)

Tāq-e Bostān Site (Iran)

Tripoli (Lebanon)

Date:

1899

1899-1962

Topic:

Abbasids

Aerial photography

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Antiquities

Architectural drawing

Art of the Islamic World

Ayyubids

Decoration and ornament

Description and travel

Excavations (Archaeology)

History

Inscriptions

Numismatics

Papyrus

Pottery

Religious buildings

Local number:

FSA A.6

Notes:

"Ernst Emil Herzfeld (1879-1948) was an orientalist whose many talents led him to explore all phases of Near Eastern culture, from the prehistoric period to Islamic times and from linguistics and religion to art and architecture." [Margaret Cool Root, 1976: "The Herzfeld Archive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Metropolitan Museum Journal, Vol. 11, pp. 119-124."]

Summary:

- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 1: Travel journals

- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 2: Sketchbooks

- Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 3: Notebooks

- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 4: Photographic Files" contains 3,790 glass negatives, of which Herzfeld had blueprints made. There are also 21 binders made of photographic prints and three albums. In addition to the glass negatives and the photo files, there is a large number of cut films and a package of duplicate prints which are, for the most part, unpublished

- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 5: Drawings and Maps" comprises 1,562 drawings and 70 maps, published and unpublished, with observations on topography, landscape, archaeological remains, architecture, and artifacts

- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions" is organized into three subdivisions: FSA A.6 06.A, 100 items, inscriptions in Arabic language; FSA A.6 06.C, 129 items, inscriptions in Cuneiform writing; FSA A.6 06.M, 164 items, Middle-Persian and Parthian inscriptions. The paper squeezes relate primarly to several archaeological expeditions carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in the Middle East, from 1908 to 1934; to a trial excavation and an excavation campaign carried out by Ernst Herzfeld in Persepolis and several nearby sites, from 1923 to 1934; and to three expeditions to Paikuli (Iraq), in 1911, 1913, and 1923

- "Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions" is organized into 135 units of original materials (drawings, sketches, sketchbooks, correspondence, notebooks, photographs, blueprints, notes, diaries, prints, journals, publications, articles, clippings, rubbings) from two campaigns of excavation at Samarra in Iraq, carried out by Ernst Herzfeld on behalf of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin between the years 1911 and 1913

Publications:

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1907: "Samarra, Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen zur Islamischen Archaeologie. Behrend & Co, Berlin."

- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1910: "Iranische felsreliefs; aufnahmen und untersuchungen von denkmälern aus alt- und mittelpersischer zeit. Berlin, E. Wasmuth A.-G."

Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1911: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band I. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1911: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band III. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1912: "Erster Vorläufiger Bericht über die Ausgrabungen von Samarra. Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1914: "Die Aufnahme des Sasanidischen Denkmals von Paikuli. Verlag der Konigl. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1920: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band II. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst and Sarre, Friedrich, 1920: "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat- und Tigris-Gebiet, Band IV. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer / Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1920: "Am Tor Von Asien, Felsdenkmale aus Irans Heldenzeit. Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, A.-G., Verlag in Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1923: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra I, Der Wandschmuck der Bauten von Samarra und Seine Ornamentik. Verlag Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1923-31: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band II and III. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1924: "Paikuli: Monument and Inscription of the Early History of the Sasanian Empire; Volume II, containing 228 plates. Berlin: D. Reimer, Ernst Vohsen."

Friedrich Sarre, 1925: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra II, Die Keramik von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1927: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra III, Die Malereien von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."

Lamm, Carl Johan, 1928: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra IV, Das Glas von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1930: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra V, Die Vorgeschichtlichen Töpfereien von Samarra. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Berlin."

- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1935: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band VII. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1938: "Archaeologische Mitteilunen aus Iran; Band IX. Verlag von Dietrich Reimer, Ernst Vohsen, Berlin."

- Herzfeld, Ernst, 1941: "Iran in the Ancient East. Archaeological Studies Presented in the Lowell Lectures at Boston. London: Oxford University Press."

Herzfeld, Ernst. "Ars Islamica, IX, 'Damascus:Studies in Architecture, I. The Mukarnas Dome. The Madrasa'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."

Herzfeld, Ernst. "Ars Islamica, X (1943). Damascus: Studies in Architecture, II. 'The Cruciform Plan. Syrian Architecture, Period of Nūr ad-Dīn'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."

Herzfeld, Ernst: "Ars Islamica, XI-XII (1946). Damascus: Studies in Architecture, III. 'The Ayyubid Madrasa. The Turba'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."

Herzfeld, Ernst. "Ars Islamica, XIII-XIV. Damascus: Studies in Architecture, IV. 'The Mosque'. Published by Freer Gallery of Art, The Smithsonian Institution and Department of the History of Art, University of Michigan."

Herzfeld, Ernst, 1948: "Ausgrabungen von Samarra VI, Geschichte der Stadt Samarra. Hamburg, Eckardt & Messtorff; Buchhändlerischer Vertrieb durch D. Reimer, Andrews & Steiner, Berlin."

Herzfeld, Ernst. "Matériaux pour un Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum, Deuxième Partie : Syrie du Nord, Inscriptions et Monuments d'Alep. Tome II. Le Caire; Imprimerie de L'Institut Francais d'Archaéologie Orientale, 1954."

Northedge, Alastair, 1993: "An Interpretation of the Palace of the Caliph at Samarra (Dar Al-Khilafa or Jawsaq Al-Khaqani). In Ars Orientalis, Vol. 23."

Leisten, Thomas, 2003: "Excavation of Samarra, v. I. Architecture : Final report of the first campaign 1910-1912. Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein."

Ann C. Gunter and Stefan R. Hauser, 2004: "Ernst Herzfeld and the development of Near Eastern Studies, 1900-1950. Boston, Massasuchetts: Brill."

Cite as:

Ernst Herzfeld Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Ernst Herzfeld, 1946

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Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 5: Drawings and Maps 1903-1947

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 6: Paper Squeezes of Inscriptions 1903-1947

Ernst Herzfeld Papers, Series 7: Records of Samarra Expeditions 1906-1945

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_230318

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Creator:

Pope, John Alexander 1906-

Subject:

Pope, John Alexander 1906-

Freer Gallery of Art

Physical description:

20.6 linear feet (ca. 19,000 items)

Type:

Correspondence

Collection descriptions

Photographs

Printed materials

Research

Place:

USA, District of Columbia, Washington

China

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

1929

1929-1982

Topic:

Art, Chinese

Art, Japanese

Local number:

A1998.1

Notes:

Museum director and art historian. Director of the Freer Gallery of Art from 1962 to 1971

Summary:

Biographical data, subject files containing correspondence and photographs, research files including materials related to his study of Chinese porcelains, files regarding the Freer Gallery of Art where Pope served as director from 1962-1971, writings and notes, printed materials, photographs, and 2 ceramic bowls

Cite as:

John Alexander Pope Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Annamarie H. Pope, 1988-1990

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_230341

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Creator:

Ferguson, John Calvin 1866-1945

Subject:

Ferguson, John Calvin 1866-1945

Physical description:

7 linear feet

Type:

Letters (correspondence)

Collection descriptions

Photographs

Newspaper clippings

Photograph albums

Speeches

Place:

China, Shanghai, Shanghai

China

Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China)

Shanghai (China)

Date:

1899

1889-1962

bulk 1890-1944

19th century

20th century

Local number:

A1999.28

Notes:

John Calvin Ferguson was an advisor to the Executive Yüan of the National Government of China, college president, author, and art collector. Born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada in 1866, Ferguson was ordained to the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1885, and awarded a Ph.D. degree from Boston University in 1902. Following his marriage to Mary E. Wilson, he went to China in 1887 as a missionary, where he founded a Methodist school, the Hui wen shu yüan, which eventually became the University of Nanking. He assumed the position of first president of Nanyang Public School (Nan-yang kung hsüeh) at Shanghai from 1897-1902. Subsequently, he became a member of the Treaty Commission, secretary to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce and later chief secretary of the Imperial Chinese Railway Administration while being concurrently advisor to the Viceroys of Nanking and Wu-ch'ang. In Shanghai Dr. Ferguson was honorary secretary of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, proprieter of the Shanghai Times (daily), and editor of Sin Wan Pao, the leading daily newspaper, which he owned until 1929. During his last year in Shanghai, he became chairman of the Central China Famine Relief Committee. Moving to Peking in 1911, he became vice-president of the Red Cross Society and was appointed foreign secretary for the Ministry of Posts and Communications until 1912. From 1915 he became counselor of the department of state in China, and later served as advisor to the president of the Republic until 1928. During 1923-1931 Ferguson was joint-editor of The China Journal. Ferguson's art collection was temporarily placed in the Wen hua tien in the Palace in 1935, before going to the University of Nanking. Leaving Peking in 1943, Ferguson and his daughter Mary traveled back to the United States, where he died in 1945. Among his publications were Outlines of Chinese Art, 1919; Chinese Painting, 1927; Noted Porcelains of Successive Dynasties, 1931; Catalogue of Recorded Paintings, 1934; and Catalogue of Recorded Bronzes, 1934

Summary:

Papers (some are photocopies), portions in Chinese, of John Calvin Ferguson, his daughter Mary, and grandson Peter Ferguson and Peter's wife Jean. The bulk of the papers, 1890-1944, concern John C. Ferguson and include one holograph dated 1902 to Headland; typescripts of addresses given to the University of Nanking, 1909-1929, and a eulogy by Fu Tseng-hsi, a translation of his address to a public school in Shanghai, a mimeographed description of 55th anniversary of the University of Nanking, two newspaper clippings, and a 1936 issue of Caravan; and still prints and four photograph albums, 1890-1937, portraying Ferguson, his wife and family, Chinese officials, members of the Treaty Commission, landscape painting by T'ang Tai (1637-?), and works given to the University of Nanking. Additional papers mostly concern family members attempting to acquire documentation of Dr. Ferguson and to retrieve portions of his estate that remained in China

Cite as:

John Calvin Ferguson Family Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Gift of Peter Ferguson, 1999

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_230348

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Creator:

Gordon, Elizabeth 1906-2000

Subject:

Gordon, Elizabeth 1906-2000

Claiborne, Craig

Leach, Bernard

Physical description:

4 lin. ft

Type:

Correspondence

Collection descriptions

Periodicals

Photographs

Personal papers

Place:

USA, New York, New York

Japan

Date:

1958

1958-1987

1940-1970

1950-2000

Topic:

Aesthetics, Japanese

Art, Japanese

House funishings

Interior decoration

Interior decorators

Gardens

Landscape gardening

Museum exhibits

Local number:

A1988.3

Notes:

Born in Logansport, Indiana in 1906, Elizabeth Gordon served as editor of House Beautiful magazine 1941 to 1964. Ms. Gordon first became interested in Japanese aesthetics during the mid-1950s. As a result she began to read and study Japanese art, history and culture. In 1959, Gordon travelled to Japan with three staff people from, House Beautiful. In Kyoto she met Eiko Yuasa, a young woman then employed by the City of Kyoto to handle foreign V.I.P.s, who was assigned to assist Gordon during her stay there. It was Ms. Yuasa who, in the course of discussions of Japanese aesthetics, introduced the term "shibui." Around that term and its related concepts ("iki", "jimi", "hade") the theme for the issue began to crystallize. In August and September, 1960, House Beautiful, under the editorial control of Ms. Gordon, published two extremely popular issues devoted to the subject of "shibui". Due to the popularity of the issues, museum exhibits devoted to the concept of "shibui" travelled around the United States. Ms. Gordon died in Adamstown, Maryland in 2000

Summary:

The Elizabeth Gordon Papers measure 4.5 linear feet and span the years 1959-1987. The collection mainly documents Ms. Gordon's research for the August and September 1960 issues of House Beautiful regarding the Japanese aesthetic concept of "shibui", and the subsequent travelling "shibui exhibition" from 1961-1964. Included are correspondence, some photocopies, 1959-1963; research notes and materials; articles; lectures; printed material including magazine and newspaper clippings, 1959-1987; 2 books, and exhibition announcements; article materials; a photo album containing photos of exhibition installations; and photographs, slides, color transparencies, and lantern slides depicting people, sites, and objects reflecting the "shibui" aesthetic

Cite as:

The Elizabeth Gordon Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Elizabeth Gordon, 1988

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_234344

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Creator:

Vever, Henri 1854-1942

Subject:

Vever, Henri 1854-1942

Physical description:

1 v

Type:

Photograph albums

Collection descriptions

Photographs

Place:

France, Ile-de-France, Paris

France

Paris

Paris (France)

Date:

1881

1881-1930

Topic:

Art dealers

Jewelers

Art--Collectors and collecting

Local number:

A1998.5

Notes:

Jeweler, art collector, and author Henri Vever was born in Metz, France in 1854. Together with his older brother Paul, Henri Vever managed the family jewelry firm, Maison Vever, from 1881 until Paul's death in 1915 and Henri's retirement in 1921. As an art collector, Vever amassed a large collection of European, Asian, and Islamic art. Through his work as a jeweler, art collector, and author, Henri Vever played an important role in the twentieth-century art world

Summary:

A photograph album with photographs, dated 1881-1930, of various Vever family members and the family estate in Noyers, France

Cite as:

Vever Family Photograph Album. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Jacqueline Mautin, 1988

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_234827

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Creator:

Yatsuhashi Harumichi Family

Subject:

Yatsuhashi family

Yamanaka, Sadajiro

Yatsuhashi, Harumichi 1886-1982

Harvard University

Yamanaka & Company

Physical description:

8.25 linear feet

Type:

Address books

Collection descriptions

Photographs

Printed material

Announcements

Books

Catalogs

Correspondence

Diaries

Photograph albums

Sheet music

Visiting cards

Place:

USA, Massachusetts, Boston

New York (State)

New York

Japan

Massachusetts

Boston

Boston (Mass.)

New York (N.Y.)

Date:

1907

1907-1976

1910-1960

Topic:

Alien property

Art dealers

Japanese American families

Local number:

A1994.2

Notes:

Asian art dealer and merchant Yatsuhashi Harumichi (1886- 1982) was born in Tano, Japan, on December 15, 1886. Upon completion of his studies in Osaka, Mr. Yatsuhashi secured employment in the Osaka office of the prestigious Asian antiquities firm, Yamanaka & Company. In 1907 he joined Yamanka & Company's branch office in Boston, Massachusetts, as its general manager and treasurer of the company's Asian division. Located at 424 Boylston Street, the store was a center for Chinese art, as well as for Japanese assorted goods. In 1913 Yatsuhashi married Shigeki. They produced two sons (Michio and Masao) and two daughters (Sumiko and Kukiye). (Harumichi Yatsuhashi, Oriental art authority and Brookline resident. (1982 December 3). The Boston Globe, obituaries.) Following the United States' entrance into World War II, the Alien Property Custodian seized the Yamanaka shops in New York, Boston, and Chicago. The holdings were sold at auction in May and June, 1944. In 1945, Yatsuhashi Harumichi and his son Michio opened their own Asian art dealership at 420 Boylston Street in Boston. Yatsuhashi Harumichi fostered exchange between his native and adopted homeland. He was a member and officer (president in 1931) of the Japan Society of Boston since 1921, an avid supporter of the Boston Marathon, and a founder of the Boston-Kyoto Sister City Foundation. (Boston Globe, 1982 December 4. ) Michio Yatsuhashi, who helped his father open the Yatsuhashi antique shop, died prematurely as a result of cancer in 1981. One year later, Mr. Yatsuhashi died in Boston at the age of 96. He was survived by his daughters, Sumiko and Kikuye and one son, Masao

Summary:

The Yatsuhashi Harumichi Family Papers (1906-1976) document the professional and personal lives of a Japanese-American family in Boston during the twentieth century. The patriarch, Yatsuhashi Harumichi (1886-1982), was an influential Asian art dealer and the papers also document the professional experiences of Asian art dealers in the United States during the early and mid 20th century. Mr. Yatsuhashi worked at the antiquities firm of Yamanaka & Company before starting his own Asian antiquities shop in 1945. Included in the papers, portions in Japanese, are correspondence; catalogues relating to the Alien Property Custodian's 1944 liquidation of Yamanaka & Company's New York branch's holdings; photographs depicting art objects and shop interiors, the Yatsuhashi family; Yamanaka & Company, and extended family, friends, and colleagues; and items belonging to Mr. Yatsuhashi's wife, Shigeki, and some of their children

Cite as:

The Yatsuhashi Harumichi Family Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of James Arthur Marinaccio, 1994

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_234966

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Creator:

Freer, Charles Lang 1856-1919

Bacher, Otto H (Otto Henry) 1856-1909

Berenson, Bernard 1865-1959

Bing, Siegfried 1838-1905

Binyon, Laurence 1869-1943

Bixby, William K (William Keeney) 1857-1931

Bosch-Reitz, Sigisbert Chretien 1860-

Caffin, Charles Henry 1854-1918

Campbell, Colin Lord 1853-1895

Campbell, Colin Lady 1857-1911

Chase, William Merritt 1849-1916

Church, Frederick S (Frederick Stuart) 1842-1924

Churchill, Alfred Vance 1864-1949

Canfield, Richard A (Richard Albert) 1855-1914

Coburn, Alvin Langdon 1882-1966

Dewing, Thomas Wilmer 1851-1938

Dow, Arthur W (Arthur Wesley) 1857-1922

Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco 1853-1908

Gallatin, A. E (Albert Eugene) 1881-1952

Gellatly, John 1853-1931

Gookin, Frederick William

Hartmann, Sadakichi 1867-1944

Hecker, Frank J (Frank Joseph) 1846-1927

Kelekian, Dikran 1868-1951

Laufer, Berthold 1874-1934

McCormick, Frederick 1870-

Matsuki, Bunkio 1867-1940

Melchers, Gari 1860-1932

Meyer, Agnes Elizabeth Ernst 1887-

Meyer, Eugene 1875-1959

Moore, Charles 1855-1942

Nomura, Yozo

Philip, Rosalind Birnie 1873-1958

Reid, Alexander

Rhoades, Katharine N. 1885-1965

Platt, Charles A (Charles Adams) 1861-1933

Roosevelt, Theodore 1858-1919

Saint-Gaudens, Augustus 1848-1907

Steichen, Edward 1879-1973

Stieglitz, Alfred 1864-1946

Thayer, Abbott Handerson 1849-1921

Tryon, Dwight William 1849-1925

Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927

Warring, Joseph Stephens 1863?-1944

Way, Thomas R (Thomas Robert) 1861-1913

Whistler, Beatrix Philip Godwin d. 1896

Wong, K. T

Yue, Seaouke

M. Knoedler & Co

Yamanaka & Company

Subject:

Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903

Freer Gallery of Art

Smithsonian Institution

Physical description:

145 linear feet

Type:

Photographs

Collection descriptions

Diaries

Financial records

Correspondence

Place:

USA, Michiganv, Detroit

Boston (Mass.)

Detroit (Mich.)

Washington (D.C.)

London (England)

Date:

1876

1876-1931

Topic:

Art, Asian--Collectors and collecting

Art, American--Collectors and collecting

Art--Collectors and collecting

Local number:

A1

Notes:

Charles Lang Freer was a wealthy industrialist who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. He was a well-known collector of Asian art, and strongly supported the synthesis of Eastern art and Western art. One of his most famous acquisitions was James McNeill Whistler's Peacock Room

Summary:

The personal papers of Charles Lang Freer, the industrialist and art collector who founded the Freer Gallery of Art. The papers include correspondence, diaries, art inventories, scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeil Whistler and other press clippings, financial material, architectural drawings, and photographs

Correspondence, ca. 1860-1921, includes Freer's correspondence, 1876-1920, with artists, dealers, collectors, museums, and public figures; letterpress books contain copies of Freer's outgoing letters, 1892-1910; correspondence collected by Freer of James McNeill Whistler, and his wife Beatrix, 186?-1909, with Lady Colin Campbell, Thomas R. Way, Alexander Reid, Whistler' mother, Mrs. George W. Whistler, and others; correspondence of Whistler collector Richard A. Canfield, 1904-1913, regarding works in Canfield's collection; and correspondence of Freer's assistant, Katharine Nash Rhoades, 1920-1921, soliciting Freer letters and regarding the settlement of his estate

Also included are twenty-nine pocket diaries, 1889-1890, 1892-1898, 1900-1919, recording daily activities, people and places visited, observations, and comments; a diary kept by Freer's caretaker, Joseph Stephens Warring, recording daily activities at Freer's Detroit home, 1907-1910

Inventories, n.d. and 1901-1921, of American, European, and Asian art in Freer's collection, often including provenance information; vouchers, 1884-1919, documenting his purchases; five volumes of scrapbooks of clippings on James McNeill Whistler, 1888-1931, labeled "Various," "Peacock Room," "Death, etc.," "Paris, etc.," and "Boston...London" ; three volumes of newsclippings, 1900-1930, concerning Freer and the opening of the Freer Gallery of Art

Correspondence regarding Freer's gift and bequest to the Smithsonian Institution, 1902-1916; and photographs, ca. 1880-1930, of Freer, including portraits by Alvin Langdon Coburn and Edward Steichen, Freer with others, Freer in Cairo, China and Japan, Freer's death mask, and his memorial service, Kyoto, 1930; photographs of artists and others, including Thomas Dewing, Ernest Fenellosa, Katharine Rhoades taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Rosalind B. Philip, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Abbott H. Thayer, Dwight Tryon, and Whistler; and photographs relating to Whistler, including art works depicting him, grave and memorial monuments, works of art, the Peacock Room, and Whistler's memorial exhibition at the Copley Society

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Charles Lang Freer Papers. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the estate of Charles Lang Freer

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Charles Lang Freer Papers 1856-1919

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_234982

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Creator:

Lyman, Benjamin Smith 1835-1920

Collector:

Rosin, Henry D Dr

Rosin, Nancy

Physical description:

1 photographic print : image 21.4 x 27.9 cm., on mount 21.9 x 28.2 cm

Type:

Photographs

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1870s

Ca. 1870 - 1879

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Torii

Natural landscapes

Trees

Religion

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R008

Notes:

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

Summary:

A path leads to a Shinto Torii that overlooks the lake. An individual squats to the left of the Torii, and others are seated nearby to the left

Cite as:

Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239257

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Rosin, Henry D Dr

Rosin, Nancy

Physical description:

1 photographic print : hand coloring ; image 25.9 x 20.5 cm., on mount 26.5 x 21.8 cm

Type:

Trade cards

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1860 - ca 1900

[1860 - ca. 1900]

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Mirrors

Women

Portraits

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R022

Notes:

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

Summary:

A young woman is seated in front of a mirror upon tatami mats in the motions of applying makeup. It is in a studio setting, for the mirror is turned at an angle to show the camera the woman's reflection. There is a bowl, small container and box with various things next to the woman

Photographer unidentified

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239308

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Rosin, Henry D Dr

Rosin, Nancy

Physical description:

1 cartes-de-visite : image 8.8 x 5.5 cm., on mount 10.2 x 6.3 cm

Type:

Cartes-de-visite

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1860 - ca 1900

[1860 - ca. 1900]

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Fashion

Swords

Portraits

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R023

Notes:

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

Summary:

A seated man dressed in Japanese kimono poses in an indoor studio. He holds a katana (Japanese sword) in his left hand, a folded fan in his right, and has a small sasuga (dagger) tucked in his waist. He is seated upon tatami mats. His attire and the presence of the katana would suggest that he is part of the upper class

Photographer unidentified

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239309

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Rosin, Henry D Dr

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Physical description:

1 photographic print; 18.9 x 13.4 cm

Type:

Photographs

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1865

ca 1865

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Fashion

Japanese--swords

Portraits

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R024

Notes:

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

Summary:

A bald man stands upon tatami mats in a studio setting. Two katana (Japanese sword) are tucked into his waist, and he holds a folded fan in his right hand. The crest medallions on his sleeves, as well as the presence of the two katana, hint at his upper class rank

Photographer unidentified

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239310

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Rosin, Henry D Dr

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Lyman, Benjamin Smith 1835-1920

Physical description:

1 photographic print; image 21 x 27 cm., on mount 24 x 29.5 cm

Type:

Photographs

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1860 - ca 1900

[1860 - ca. 1900]

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Architecture

Bridges

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R016

Notes:

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

This image is on verso of Rosin number 015

Summary:

Outdoor image of brick and cable bridge. A single man stands near the middle of bridge. A plaque on the bricks explains rules such as the number of people allowed on the bridge, whether horses and carriages are allowed, etc

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239367

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Rosin, Henry D Dr

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Lyman, Benjamin Smith 1835-1920

Physical description:

1 photographic print; image 21 x 26.5 cm., on mount 23.5 x 29 cm

Type:

Photographs

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1860 - ca 1900

[1860 - ca. 1900]

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Natural landscapes

Villages

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R017

Notes:

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

Summary:

Rows of crops line the foreground, while a dirt path begins from the left foreground and continues to the village. Two figures walk along the dirt path, and houses, leafy trees and mountain are visible in the background

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239368

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Rosin, Henry D Dr

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Physical description:

1 photographic print: albumen with hand coloring; image 20.5 x 26.3 cm., on mount 21.7 x 27.6 cm

Type:

Photographs

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1860 - ca 1900

[1860 - ca. 1900]

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Natural landscapes

Fishing boats

Snow

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R018

Notes:

Rosin number 018

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

Mastering photography under Shimooka Renjo, Ogawa opened a studio in Tokyo in 1884. In 1888, he established Japan's first collotype printing business, and in the following year he formed the Nihon Shashin-kai (Japanese Photographic Association) with Tokyo Imperial University professor William Burton. Ogawa was often commissioned to photograph the Imperial family, and was the first to establish dry-plate technology in Japan. His first name can also be read as Isshin and Kazuma

Summary:

Numerous long, narrow boats line the left of the print, while a house and trees are visible on the right. Outdoor setting with snow

Photographer unidentified

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239370

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Photographer:

Beato, Felice b. ca. 1825

Collector:

Rosin, Henry D Dr

Rosin, Nancy

Subject:

Beato, Felice b. ca. 1825

Physical description:

1 photographic print: hand coloring; image 21 x 26.6 cm., on mount 34.5 x 50 cm

Type:

Photographs

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1860s

Ca. 1860 - 1869

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Transportation

Litters

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R019

Notes:

Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin

Felice Beato was born in Venice around 1825. During his lifetime, he accompanied the British troops in India, recording images of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, and the Franco-British troops in China to cover the end of the Second Opium War in 1859. With his friend Charles Wirgman, Beato opened a photography studio in Yokohama, Japan in the early 1860s, and produced many images of the Japanese and their lifestyle, as interpreted by the Westerners. Selling his studio to Baron von Stillfried in 1877, Beato eventually died in Burma around 1908

Summary:

Three carriers transport a seated young woman in a kago (carrier). Outdoor setting with shrubbery in the background

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

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Physical description:

1 photographic print; image 21 x 26.5 cm., on mount 23.3 x 29 cm

Type:

Photographic prints

Place:

Japan

Asia

Date:

1860 - ca 1900

[1860 - ca. 1900]

19th century

Topic:

Photography

Natural landscapes

Torii

Trees

Paths

Religion

Local number:

FSA A1999.35.R017.5

Notes:

Title devised by cataloger

This image is appears on verso of Rosin number 017

Summary:

A dirt path begins in the foreground and continues into the print. A Shinto Torii flanked by two upright lanterns stand in the path, surrounded by trees. Outdoor setting

Photographer unidentified

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Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Partial purchase and gift of Henry and Nancy Rosin, 1999-2001

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Record ID:

siris_arc_239372

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