Ernst Herzfeld
Northwestern Corner of Terrace Complex, Persepolis, 1923-28
Gelatin silver print
140 mm x 88mm and 108 mm x 88 mm
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the...
Between 26 November to 23 December 1923, and 2 March to 15 March 1924, Herzfeld spent six weeks on the terrace of Persepolis, where he drafted a plan of the structure and provided a photographic record of the site. These two gelatin silver prints forms part of this photographic record and offer a panaromic view of the northwestern corner of the complex.
Literature
Two glass negatives of these images are located in the Ernst Herzfeld papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The glass negative location numbers are FSA A.6 04.GN.2269 (left) and FSA A.6 04.GN.2270 (right).