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Curatorial Correspondence

Names:
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)  Search this
Freer Gallery of Art  Search this
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Near Eastern Art  Search this
Farhad, Massumeh  Search this
Lowry, Glenn D  Search this
Simpson, Marianna Shreve, 1949-  Search this
Extent:
2.5 cu. ft. (2 record storage boxes) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Date:
1986-2008
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of correspondence created and maintained by Massumeh Farhad, Associate Curator of Islamic Near Eastern Art, 1995-2004, and Chief Curator and Curator of Islamic Art, 2004- , documenting interactions with professional colleagues, organizations, donors, collectors, and researchers regarding research, collections, acquisitions, objects, professional activities, and related topics. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence as well as enclosures such as object images, clippings, brochures, research papers, and related materials. Some materials were inherited by Farhad from previous curators including Glenn D. Lowry, Curator of Near Eastern Art, 1984-1991, and Marianna Shreve Simpson, Curator of Islamic Near Eastern Art, 1992-1995.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2024; Transferring office; 9/15/2015 memorandum, Wright to Farhad/Stein/Amrod; Contact reference staff for details.
Topic:
Art museum curators  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Art, Asian  Search this
Art, Islamic  Search this
Genre/Form:
Brochures
Clippings
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-345, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Curatorial - Islamic Near Eastern Art, Curatorial Correspondence
Identifier:
Accession 15-345
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Curatorial Correspondence
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa15-345

The arts of Iran in Istanbul and Anatolia seven essays edited by Olga M. Davidson and Marianna Shreve Simpson

Editor:
Davidson, Olga M  Search this
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 210 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Turkey
Istanbul
Date:
2018
Topic:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian  Search this
Epic literature, Persian--Illustrations  Search this
Art, Iranian  Search this
Enluminure iranienne  Search this
Littérature épique persane--Illustrations  Search this
Art iranien  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1157494

Sultan Ibrahim Mirza's Haft awrang : a princely manuscript from sixteenth-century Iran / Marianna Shreve Simpson ; with contributions by Massumeh Farhad

Title:
Haft awrang
Princely manuscript from sixteenth-century Iran
Author:
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Farhad, Massumeh  Search this
Freer Gallery of Art  Search this
Subject:
Jāmī 1414-1492 Haft awrang  Search this
Physical description:
440 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 35 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Place:
Iran
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1997
Topic:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian  Search this
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts  Search this
Illumination of books and manuscripts  Search this
Call number:
ND3399.S84 S56 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_891574

Persian poetry, painting, & patronage : illustrations in a sixteenth-century masterpiece / Marianna Shreve Simpson

Title:
Persian poetry, painting, and patronage
Author:
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Subject:
Jāmī 1414-1492 Haft awrang  Search this
Physical description:
79 p. : col. ill.; 34 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Illustrations
Place:
Iran
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
1997
Topic:
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian  Search this
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts  Search this
Illumination of books and manuscripts  Search this
Call number:
ND3399.S84 S561 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_890199

Pictorial narrative in antiquity and the Middle Ages / edited by Herbert L. Kessler and Marianna Shreve Simpson

Author:
Kessler, Herbert L. 1941-  Search this
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.)  Search this
Johns Hopkins University Department of the History of Art  Search this
Physical description:
181 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1985
C1985
Topic:
Narrative art--Themes, motives  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_877552

The illustration of an epic : the earliest Shahnama manuscripts / Marianna Shreve Simpson

Author:
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 419 p., [57] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm
Type:
Illustrations
Date:
1979
Topic:
Epic literature, Persian  Search this
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian  Search this
Call number:
745.6 .S55
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_859131

L'art islamique : Asie, Iran, Afghanistan, Asie centrale et Inde / par Marianna S. Simpson ; [traduit de l'anglais par L. Anglade]

Author:
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
63 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1983
C1983
Topic:
Islamic art  Search this
Call number:
709.53 .S54
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_862404

Ferdowsi's Shāhnāma : millennial perspectives / edited by Olga M. Davidson and Marianna Shreve Simpson

Editor of compilation:
Davidson, Olga M  Search this
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Subject:
Firdawsī Shāhnāmah  Search this
Firdawsī Shāhnāmah Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 111 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2013
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1017796

Agency history, 1992-

Creator:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Curatorial - Islamic Near Eastern Art  Search this
Subject:
Atıl, Esin  Search this
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Farhad, Massumeh  Search this
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Curatorial - Near Eastern Art  Search this
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Chief Curator  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Place:
Middle East
Date:
1992
1992-
Topic:
Art museum curators  Search this
Art, Islamic  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00319
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_228167

Arab and Persian painting in the Fogg Art Museum / by Marianna Shreve Simpson ; with an introd. by Stuart Cary Welch

Author:
Fogg Art Museum  Search this
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
125 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
Arab countries
Iran
Date:
1980
Topic:
Miniature painting  Search this
Miniature painting, Iranian  Search this
Islamic miniature painting  Search this
Call number:
ND1337.A65 H37 1980X
759.955 .S54
ND1337.A65H37 1980X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_129574

Princeton's great Persian book of kings : the Peck Shahnama / Marianna Shreve Simpson ; with an essay by Louise Marlow

Title:
Peck Shahnama
Shahnama
Author:
Simpson, Marianna Shreve 1949-  Search this
Marlow, Louise  Search this
Host institution:
Princeton University Art Museum  Search this
Organizer:
Princeton University Library  Search this
Subject:
Firdawsī Shāhnāmah  Search this
Princeton University  Search this
Physical description:
208 pages : color illustrations, map ; 34 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogs
Date:
2015
Topic:
Manuscripts, Persian  Search this
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1069596

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