A Bird Catches a Butterfly

Object Details

• Artist

  Shafi ' Abbasi

• Provenance

  Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck , New York [1]

  To 1996

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd., New York to 1996

  From 1996

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Terence McInerney Fine Arts Ltd. in 1996

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 2 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Nasli M. (1902-1971) and Alice N. Heeramaneck (1910-1993) (1902-1971 and 1910-1993)

  Terence McInerney Fine Arts, Ltd. (active 1990-2013)

• Origin

  Isfahan, Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  McInerney, Terence, Heeramaneck, Nasli M. and Alice N.

• Place

  Isfahan

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Animals, Insects, Arts of the Islamic World, Birds, Butterflies

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Drawings