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COLLECTION Identifier: MS Am 2012

Papers on The nature of Buddhist art

Overview

Annotated typescript of The Nature of Buddhist Art, and associated correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1919-1920

Extent

.08 linear feet (1 volume)

Typescript of Coomaraswamy's The Nature of Buddhist Art, with revisions and annotations, together with letters to Walpole galleries from Mary (McNeil) Fenollosa and Lindsay Russell.

Biographical / Historical

Coomaraswamy was a pioneer historian of Indian art and culture. He was the research fellow in Indian, Persian, and Muslim art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1916-1947.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

*79M-55

Gift of The Rubel Asiatic Research Collection, Fogg Museum Harvard University; received: n.d.

Title
Coomaraswamy, Ananda Kentish, 1877-1947. Papers on The nature of Buddhist art: Guide.
Author
Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
hou00532

Repository Details

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