Seherr-Thoss Photographs of Islamic Architecture

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Seherr-Thoss Photographs of Islamic Architecture

circa 1960-1968

https://sova.si.edu/record/FSA.A2001.15

Photographs and negatives of Sonia P. and Hans C. Seherr-Thoss. Mounted and unmounted color slides, transparencies, black and white negatives, mounted prints, contact sheets, and a photograph, circa 1960-1968. The majority of images, taken by Hans C. Seherr-Thoss, appear in their publication, Design and Color in Islamic Architecture: Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1968. Countries depicted are Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

4 Linear Feet, approximately 1250 items

eng, Latn

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 11620122

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Seherr-Thoss, Sonia P., 1919-2006

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Count Hans Seherr-Thoss was born in Dobrau, Germany in 1912. He later became a United States citizen and served in the United States' Army during World War II. Sonia Phipps Farrell married Seherr-Thoss in Palm Beach, Florida, on March 3, 1948. Both had children from previous marriages. Mrs. Seherr-Thoss graduated from Columbia University with majors in economics and sociology. She served as president of the Litchfield (Connecticut) Historical Society and the Oliver Wolcott Library. She received ...

Seherr-Thoss, Hans Christoph, 1912-1992

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