Lionel Bier Collection

Drawings, field notes, photogoraphs, and correspondence documenting Lionel Bier's work at a number of both pre-Islamic and Islamic Iranian architectural monuments, in 1975 and 1976. Focus primarily is on Sassanian sites. Sites covered include: Bishapur, Firuzabad, Istakhr, Masjid-i Sang, Sarvistan, and Shari-i Ij.

The late Lionel D. Bier, art historian and archaeologist, taught art history at Brooklyn College for more than 30 years. He was primarily active in researching the archaeological record of pre- and early-Islamic Iran. Among his noted publications are: Sarvistan: A Study in Early Iranian Architecture (1986) and The Sassanian Palaces and their Influence in Early Islam, from Ars Orientalis (Vol. 23, 1993).

FSA A2004.05

Bier, Lionel D., 1942-2004

Iran

USA -- New York -- New York

Archaeology -- Iran

Architecture, Sassanid

Lionel Bier Collection

Donated by the estate of Lionel Bier via its executor, Dr. Maydee G. Lande

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Architectural drawings

Lionel Bier Collection. FSA.A2004.05. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of the Estate of Lionel Bier.

Organized into two series:
Series 1: Drawings
Series 2: Site Files

Titles, including terminology and place names, are recorded as they appeared on the original folders.

Restricted: Bishapur drawings, until permission by granted by Iranian authorities.

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Architectural drawings

Collection is open for research.

Carol Bier and Lionel Bier Collection. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Gift of Carol Bier.