Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 10w x 8h ; Type of Image: Event ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Event
Photographic print
Place:
Iran
Germany
Date:
May 3, 1960
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
See Neg. SIA2011-2821 for a view of the reception following the award ceremony.
Summary:
Professor Ernst Kühnel of Berlin, Germany, delegate to the Fourth Congress of the International Association for Iranian Art and Archeology, makes a speech of acceptance after he receives the second Charles Lang Freer Medal during ceremonies at the Freer Gallery of Art. Dr. Kühnel was given the medal in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to Near Eastern art. Seated on the stage (left to right) are Franz Krapf, Minister from the Germany Embassy; and his excellency, Ardeshir Zahedir, Iran's Ambassador to the United States.
