Photographs of Indonesia
Photographs of Indonesia
Photographs of Indonesia
FSA A2017.08
One flat box.
Collection is open for research.
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.
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.
Purchase, 2017.
Photographs of Indonesia. FSA.A2017.08. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.