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Photographs of Indonesia

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Creator

Kurkdjian Studio
Dates

undated
Physical Description

3 Prints (albumen, unmounted)
Collection ID

FSA.A2017.08
EDAN ID

ead_collection:sova-fsa-a2017-08

Scope and Contents

Three 19th/early 20th century prints: 1 umounted albumen print of a rural cave scene of Indonesia by Ohannes Kurkdjian. 22 x 29.2 cm.; 1 umounted albumen print of an urban street scene in Indonesia by Ohannes Kurkdjian. 20.2 x 26.7 cm.; 1 albumen studio portrait of an Indonesian woman by an unknown photographer. 21.8 x 17.6 cm.
Biographical / Historical

Ohannes Kurkdjian 1851 - 1903 was an Armenian photographer active in Indonesia at the turn of the century. His company, O. Kurkdjian & Co. was a major studio in Surabaya producing scenic views as well as studio portraits. The studio continued well after Kurkdjian's death in 1903.
Local Numbers

FSA A2017.08
Creator

Kurkdjian Studio
Place

Indonesia
Custodial History

Purchase, 2017.
Archival Repository

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Prints

Photographs

Albumen prints
Citation

Photographs of Indonesia. FSA.A2017.08. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Arrangement

One flat box.
Genre/Form

Photographs

Albumen prints
Restrictions

Collection is open for research.