Publication of Freer's Oriental Studies Series Begins

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Summary

The first work in the Freer Gallery of Art's Oriental Studies series, "The Story of Kălaka: Text, History, Legends, and Miniature Paintings of the Śvetămbara Jain Hagiographical Work, the Kălakăcăryakathă," is published. The author, W. Norman Brown, is professor of Sanskrit at the University of Pennsylvania and curator of Indian art at the Pennsylvania Museum of Art.

Subject

  • Brown, W. N
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania Museum of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Brown, Norman W. The Story of Kălaka: Text, History, Legends, and Miniature Paintings of the Śvetămbara Jain Hagiographical Work, the Kălakăcăryakathă. Freer Gallery of Art, Oriental Studies 1. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1933. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1933, p. 25.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1933

Topic

  • Art
  • Museums
  • Indian art
  • Art, Asian
  • Museum publications
  • Painting

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