Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper, mounted in a border (S1986.308)
Dimensions:
H x W: 26.3 x 16.8 cm (10 3/8 x 6 5/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
Isfahan, Iran
Date:
early 20th century
Description:
Detached album folio: A seated woman holds a bird; single-figure painting; one of a group of two: painting and the pasted border are accessioned separately.
Border: The painting is set in gold rulings on a dark brown gold-sprinkled border (S1986.307); a blue border with marginal medallions and floral motifs is pasted over the gold-sprinkled border (S1986.308).
Provenance:
From at least 1910
Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, from at least 1910 [1]
To 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2]
From 1942 to 1986
Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3]
From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4]
Notes:
[1] The object is documented as having appeared in the collection of Georges Demotte by at least August 10, 1910. See Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 409.
[2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 326, no. 382.
[3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.