The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
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Addresses the planning and construction of the new museum complex, the foundation of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery by Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, and the collections and activities of the new museum.
Subject
- Carlhian, Jean-Paul
- Gunter, Ann Clyburn 1951-
- Lowry, Glenn D
- Rawson, Jessica
- Sackler, Arthur M
- Fu, Shen 1937-
- Tsung-i, Jao
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Category
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Notes
Issue is devoted to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Also includes the following articles describing the collections of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: "Ancient Iranian Drinking Vessels" by Ann Gunter; "Persian Miniatures from the Vever Collection" by Glenn D. Lowry; "Animal Motifs on Early Western Zhou Bronzes" by Jessica Rawson; "Huang Binhong's Shanghai Period Landscape Paintings and His Late Floral Works" by Fu Shen; and "The Calligraphic Art of the Chu Silk Manuscript" by Jao Tsung-i. This article is written by the museum's director, Milo Beach.
Contained within
Orientations Vol. 18, no. 9 (Journal)
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
September 1987
Topic
- Museum buildings
- Art
- Architecture
- Art museums
- Calligraphy
- Art, Oriental
- Collectors and collecting
- Museum architecture
- History
- Private collections
- Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
- Art objects
- Art, Asian
- Art, Chinese
- Art--Collectors and collecting
- Art--History
- Art, Islamic
- Art--Private collections
- Buildings
- Building
Physical description
pp. 36-37